John Peter Rudell

Military
media-52526.png UPL 52526 The B-24D, 42-40608, The Vulgar Virgin, with Lt. Claude A. Turner, SSgt Robert E. Geiss, SSgt. John P. Rudell, and crew, flew on Operation Tidal Wave to Ploesti, Romania, - Interned in Turkey. 1 Aug 43

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Object Number - UPL 52526 - The B-24D, 42-40608, The Vulgar Virgin, with Lt. Claude A. Turner, SSgt Robert E. Geiss, SSgt. John P. Rudell, and crew, flew on Operation Tidal...

SSGT John Peter Rudell

BIRTH : 28 Dec 1917 - Wausau, Wisconsin - USA

DEATH : 19 May 1992 - Age 74 - Grass Valley, California, USA

BURIAL : Pine Grove Cemetery Wausau, Wisconsin, USA

MEMORIAL ID : 126371114 · View Source



Staff Sergeant John Rudell was assigned to the 328th Bomb Squadron, the 93rd Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force, USAAF. He was on TDY to the 9th Air Force in Benghazi, Libya, in North Africa. He flew on Operation Tidal Wave to Ploesti, Romania, and was interned in Turkey after the mission, with his pilot, Lt. Claude A. Turner, and crew, in the B-24D, 42-40608, named, The Vulgar Virgin. 1 Aug 43.



Awards: DFC - PH - WWII Victory - EAME

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

People

B-24 Pilot Lt. Claude Alvin Turner, Command Pilot of the B-24D, 42-40608, the Vulgar Virgin, on the Ploestii bombing mission to destroy the German held oil refineries in Romania. 1 Aug 43. the B-24, 42-40765, Birmingham Blitzkrieg, after a deadly and chaotic mission to Bremen, Germany - 11 KIA 13 Nov 43. MACR 2180

Claude Alvin Turner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665742
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Some of the crew of the Vulgar Virgin

42-40608

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Vulgar Virgin
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wausau, Marathon, WI 28 December 1917 Son of Henry and Elizabeth [Horn] Rudell.

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI 6 June 1942 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Other

Interned

1 August 1943

Other

Discharged USAAF

26 August 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Grass Valley, CA 19 May 1992

Buried

Pine Grove Cemetery Wausau, Marathon County, WI 22 May 1992 Pine Grove Cemetery Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin

Other

Hospitalised

Egypt Left tibia fractured, shrapnel.

Based

Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Best Web - B-24 - 42-40608 - The Vulgar Virgin

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Find A Grave Memorials - John Peter Rudell

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Best Web - B-24 - 42-40608 - The Valient Virgin

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126371114/john-p-rudell

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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I p. 221

John Peter Rudell: Gallery (2 items)

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