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Troy O McCary

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid on 8/1/43 in B-24 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' 42-40782.

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The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Personnel of the 389th Bomb Group stand atop the engine of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40787) nicknamed "Vagabond King". Sitting (left to right): Staff Sergeant David C Shattles, Staff Sergeant Louis H Raines, Corporal Alfred P Rossi. Standing (left to right)Second Lieutenant Masco, First Lieutenant Marvin Mendlesohn, First Lieutenant George A Brinton, Captain John B. McCormick, Staff Sergeant William J Budai, Staff Sergeant Richard W Weaver

'They have bombed ten different countries. Associated

565th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-40782

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Chattanooga Choo Choo, Shoot, Fritz. Youre Faded
Unit: 376th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Operation Tidal Wave

Date: 1 August 1943
Official Description:

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Date23 Oct 2019 14:10:48

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Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 389th Bomb Group

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:16

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 158