Russell Doran De Mont
MilitaryContributor - Brian J. Piaquadio
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In WWII, Lt. Russell DeMont was assigned as B-24 bomber pilot to the 8th Air Force, the 93rd Bomb Group, and the 329th Bomb Squadron in the U.K., detached (TDY) to the 9th Air Force at Benghazi, Libya. Pilot Lt. Russell D. Demont and Copilot Lt. Robert C. Murray flew the B-24D Liberator bomber, Valient Virgin, on Operation Tidal Wave, the mission to bomb the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania, in the "B" formation, position 2-2, and returned safely to Lete Airbase, Benghzi, Libya. 1 Aug 1943.
Lt. DeMont finished war flying P-51 Fighters in the 9th Air force, the 84th Fighter Wing, and the 405th fighter Squadron. After the war he was assigned to the United States Air Force at the Headquarters of the 84th Fighter Wing. His final rank in the Air Force was Lt. Col. Russell DeMont died July 7, 1996.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35306438
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 576th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33287412
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Toledo, OH | 11 August 1918 | Son of Mrs Louis W Kern. |
Enlisted |
4 April 1941 | ||
Died |
Litchfield Park, AZ | 7 July 1996 | |
Buried |
18 October 1996 | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/566698/russell-d-de_mont
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ploesti by Dugan & Stewart