William Buchanan
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. John Dore crew. Missed the Ploesti oil refinery due to dysentery. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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John Joseph Dore Jr
Military
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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
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.
Service
People
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Joseph Finneran
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Bombardier on B-24 42-40102 'Old Baldy' Lost near the target, Ploesti, AA hit point blank at 30 feet or less from a Romanian 80 mm. Pilot 1st Lt John J Dore. 10 KIA. MACR 223. ... -
Worthington Franks
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Navigator 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: DFC (OLC), AM (5OLC), PH. -
Ray Gleason
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Crew member 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: DFC (OLC), AM (OLC), PH. -
Joseph Iosco
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Crew member of B-24 42-40102 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: DFC (OLC), AM (4OLC), PH. -
Wesley Jones
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. John Dore crew. Tail gunner 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. -
Max Lower
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Radio Operator 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. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 223. ... -
Frank Norris
Military | Technical Sergeant | Filght Engineer | 98th Bomb Group
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. -
Stanley Packer
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. John Dore crew. Gunner 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 (5OLC), PH. -
John Stallings
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. John Dore crew. Co 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. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 223. Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
Units served with
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98th Bomb Group
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942. ... -
345th Bomb Squadron
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...
Aircraft
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42-40102 'Old Baldy'
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.
Missions
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Operation Tidal Wave
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...
Associated Place
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| Born | Brooklyn, NY | 11 May 1919 |
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Son of John J Sr and Rena Hall [Sipp] Dore. |
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| Enlisted | Hartford, CT | 3 July 1941 |
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Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Lived in | Garden City, NY, USA | 1942 |
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Garden City, New York, USA. |
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| Assigned | 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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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. |
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| Buried | Florence American Cemetery and Memorial | 1946 |
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Tablets of the Missing |
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