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ETO/ Queen Mary 9/5/42.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23936.
1st Oct 43, B-24 41-23936 'Queen Anne' was attacked by fighters on bombing run on Wiener, Austria. 2 crew members bailed out near Vienna to become Prisoner of War (POW)s. Pilot Oakley crash landed in British held territory near Foggia, Italy. He was a POW at STALAG 17
This unit was on temporary duty with the 9th AAC.
Home/ Queen Mary 6/16/45.
Group
The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti...
Squadron
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, successfully returned to Libya, pilot Robert E Flaherty.
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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...
Military site : airfield
Shipdham was built in 1941-1942, the first US heavy bomber airfield in the English county of Norfolk. It was a standard design, with T2-type hangars and a domestic site dispersed to the south east. Improvements were carried out to increase the number...
Other location
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| Born | Blanco, New Mexico | 1 February 1920 |
| Prisoner of war | 1 October 1943 |
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| 14 February 2020 11:42:41 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography and events |
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Isaac Abeyta was my grandfather. |
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Isaac Abeyta was my grandfather |
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Issac Abeyta was my grandfather |
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| 20 September 2015 18:57:21 | aoabeyta | Changes to highest rank |
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Isaac Abeyta is my grandfather who recently passed this month Sept 17th 2015. |
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| 20 September 2015 18:55:51 | aoabeyta | Changes to events |
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Issac Abeyta is my grandfather, who recently passed this month Sept 17th 2015. |
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| 27 September 2014 18:13:32 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol I p. 299, by Bishop and Hey, 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy p.126-7., http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp">http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp> |
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