42-40322 Cornhusker
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The B-24D, Cornhusker, in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 415th Bomb Squadron, flew on Operation Tidal Wave, the large mission destroy the German held oil refineries at Ploesti Romania. It was shot down over the Ionian Sea by Bf-109G fighters from JG 27/IV while returning from the low level Ploesti mission. All 10 crew members were KIA. August 1, 1943. MACR 178
Ploesti Mission Crewmen :
2nd Lt. Ned McCarty - pilot - KIA)
2nd Lt. Clyde E. Miller - copilot - KIA
2nd Lt. Joseph F. Moore - navigator KIA 1st Lt. Robert J. Price - bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Claude C. Roberts - engineer/top turret KIA T/Sgt. Dewey O. Jackson - radio operator KIA
S/Sgt. Glenn D. Darr - gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Clayton E. Ballard - gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Stephen Wargo - gunner KIA S/Sgt. Glenn L. Koontz - gunner KIA
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed To Return FTR |
Ionian Sea | 1 August 1943 | Shot down over the Ionian Sea by Bf-109G's from JG 27/IV while returning from the August 1, 43 low-level mission to Ploesti, Romania. All 10 crew members were KIA. MACR 178 |
Assigned |
415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |