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B-24 Liberator 42-40102 'Old Baldy' lost near the target, Ploesti, AA hit point blank at 30 feet or less from a Rumanian 80 mm. Pilot 1st Lt John J Dore. 10 KIA. MACR 223. Rear L-R: Frank Norris, Joe Finneran, Worthington Franks, Will D Buchanan, John J Dore. Front L-R: Max Lower, Joe Iosco, Stan Packer, Wes Jones
TSGT MAX WENDELL LOWER 19072581
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. John Dore crew. Flight Engineer on B-24 42-40102 'Old Baldy' Lost near the target, Ploesti, AA hit point blank at 30 feet or less from a Rumanian 80 mm. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 223.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM, PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Pilot on B-24 42-40102 'Old Baldy' Lost near the target, Ploesti, AA hit point blank at 30 feet or less from a Rumanian 80 mm. Pilot 1st Lt John J Dore. 10 KIA. MACR 223.
Awards: SS, DFC, AM (5OLC), PH.
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942.
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Squadron
Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron and trained by Third Air Force. Deployed to Egypt in June 1942 over South Atlantic Transport Route transiting from Morrison Field, Florida though the Caribbean to Brazil; performed trans-Atlantic...
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) with John Dore crew Ploesti;
Lost near the target, AA hit point blank at 30 feet or less from a Romanian 80 mm. 10 x Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 223.
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B24D Liberators attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. The bombers flew low to avoid radar detection and dropped time delayed bombs. Out of the 177 B-24s that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57 B...
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| Born | Quinlan, TX | 5 December 1919 |
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Son of Robert Walter and Mary Lee Norris. |
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| Enlisted | Dallas, TX | 15 November 1941 |
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Dallas, Texas |
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| Lived in | Celeste, TX 75423, USA | 1942 |
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Celeste, Texas, USA. |
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| Based | Libya | January 1943 – 1 August 1943 |
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Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 |
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Flight Engineer on B-24 42-40102 'Old Baldy' Lost near the target, Ploesti, AA hit point blank at 30 feet or less from a Rumanian 80 mm. Pilot 1st Lt John J Dore. 10 KIA. MACR 223. |
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| Buried | Florence American Cemetery and Memorial | 1946 |
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Tablets of the Missing |
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| 21 June 2020 15:54:20 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 March 2015 12:48:57 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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