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Page 15 of the 93rd Bomb Group unit history.
Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations).
Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.
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B-24 Liberator 41-24230 'Here's To Ya' / 'Jo Jo Special Delivery' and crew, lost on Ploesti 1st Aug 43 raid, shot down over Ionian Sea by enemy fighters, 11 KIA. MACR 329/6466.
Failed to Return - A/C pilot Ralph J Mcbride Jr joined a 98th Grp formation on withdrawal from the target [Ploesti, 1/8/43]. A/C was intercepted by fighters of IV/27 JG West off Cefalonia, Greece and presumed downed over Ionian Sea by Lt. Hans Flor of 11/27 JG. 11 KIA. MACR 329/6466.
Service
Units
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Group
93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1-March-1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15-May-1942 the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida to continue advanced flight training and also to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico; they...
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People
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 8/1/43 while TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Here's To Ya' 41-24230
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Here's To Ya' #4124230
DFC/ AM/ PH
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24' Here's To Ya' 41-24230
DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Here's To Ya' 41-24230. Earlier on 2 December 1942 while transporting navigators to a school in Oxfordshire, main landing gear retracted upon landing. All crewmembers...
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Here's To Ya' 41-24230
SS/ DFC/ AM
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 8/2/43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Here's To Ya ' 41-24230
DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Military | Captain | Observer | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 1August 1943 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Here's To Ya' 41-24230
DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM/ PH
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Here's To Ya' 41-24230
DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 1 August 43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 ' Here's To Ya' 41-24230
DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Military | Major | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) when shot down by Greece based Me-109s and crashed in the Ionian Sea. Earlier on 7 Nov 1942 B-24D-1-CO 41-23710 'Hares to Ya' had crash landing with no crew injured except McBride who had a flak wound to his leg. Plane is also...
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Missions
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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 B24Ds that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57...
Events
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Failed to Return (FTR) |
Ionian Sea |
1 August 1943 |
Failed to Return - A/C pilot Ralph J Mcbride Jr joined a 98th Grp formation on withdrawal from the target [Ploesti, 1/8/43]. A/C was intercepted by fighters of IV/27 JG West off Cefalonia, Greece and presumed downed over Ionian Sea by Lt. Hans Flor of 11/27 JG. 11 KIA. MACR 329/6466.
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Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya |
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329th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF.
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