Robert W Bonham
Military ROLL OF HONOURTook part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying in B-24 Liberator 42-40370.
On August 16, 1943, was shot down in 'Timba-A-Ah' 42-40606 on a mission to Foggia, Italy while temporarily assigned to the 9th AF. 5 crew members became Prisoner of War (POW)s and 5 were Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
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- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
16 August 1943 | ||
Born |
West Mansfield, Ohio |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart, 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy pp. 116-120, MACR 3559