John R Reilly

Military

media-14413.jpeg UPL 14413 Four gunners who protected B-24D, 4111761, The Squaw, on 35 of it's 71 missions. The gunners are looking out of the waist window of, The Squaw, with a .50 Cal gun next to them. Left to right : Sergeant Weir, Sergeant Givens, Sergeant Reilly, and Sergeant Guana.

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Object Number - UPL 14413 - Four gunners who protected B-24D, 4111761, The Squaw, on 35 of it's 71 missions. The gunners are looking out of the waist window of, The Squaw, ...

Lt. John R. Reiley was the radio operator on the pilot, Lt. Royden LeBrecht's B-24D, 41-11761, The Squaw, and flew on Operation Tidal Wave, the bombing mission to Ploesti, Romania. Lt. LeBrecht diverted to Nicosia, Cypress, escorting and covering his friends in the shot up, Hail Columbia, and, Hadley's Harem, and The Sandman.1 Aug 43. He returned to the U.K. and, then, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, for a war bonds tour with his plane, The Squaw. 1944

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Units served with

Second World War formation badge for the United States 9th Air Force (United States Army Air Force)

Ninth Air Force

Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-11761

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: - Sleepy - The Squaw
Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Operation Tidal Wave

Date: 1 August 1943
Official Description:

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Survived Ploesti	Ploiești, Romania	1 August 1943	Radio Operator on the B-24D, 4111761, Little Squaw. Flew on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, diverted to Cypress.
Other War Bonds Tour	Fort Worth, TX, USA		Returned to Fort Worth, Texas, USA for war bonds tour with A/C.
Other Assigned	Benghazi, Libya		343 BS, 98 BG, 9 AF.
	Utica, NY, USA		Utica, New York, USA.