Virgil Lee Hoffman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-15273.jpeg UPL 15273 Lt. Roy Braly, pilot - standing left side - Pilot of the B-24D Liberator bomber, #42-40749, named, SACK-TIME SALLY, from the 565th Bomb Squadron, the 389th Bomb Group, and the 8th Air Force from Britain, and crew, flew on the Ploesti oil refinery bombing mission, returning safely to Libya. August 1, 1943
Crew:
Standing (L-R) Roy Braly - Pilot, Norbert Gebhard - Co-Pilot, Merlin Verberg - Bombardier, James McGahee - Navigator
Kneeling (L-R) Essman Matthews - Radio Operator, Virgil Hoffman - Engineer, Andrew S Toth - Waist Gunner, George Scott - Ball Turret
John Filenger - Tail Gunner, Edward Goodall - Waist Gunner

Best Web - B-24 - SACK-TIME SALLY

Object Number - UPL 15273 - Lt. Roy Braly, pilot - standing left side - Pilot of the B-24D Liberator bomber, #42-40749, named, SACK-TIME SALLY, from the 565th Bomb...

Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40749.



Shot down 26-Nov-43 in B-24 42-40749 'Sack Time Sally. ' Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sack-Time Sally
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lamar, MO 10 November 1918 NoK: Frank Payton (Guardian).

Enlisted

Camp Blanding, FL 23 May 1942 Camp Blanding, Florida

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Opeinde, Netherlands 26 November 1943 Shot down 26-Nov-43 in B-24 42-40749 'Sack Time Sally. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Miami, OK

Buried

Based

Hethel 26 November 1943 Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3493 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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