Wayne Marley
Military
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UPL 36692
Army decorates heroes of raid on Ploesti. Local newspaper article.
Willard Raymond Beaumont
Scanned from a newspaper article saved in a family scrapbook.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40706.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Tondelao
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
389th BG Roster ;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
Ploesti Sortie Reports, 389th Bomb Group
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster