Matthew Workman
MilitarySnippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25117
Wounded during Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-24192)
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 10600605
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14033903
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35166552
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-190585 as F/O and 0-2044776 as 2nd Lt
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Gary, Indiana |
Revisions
NARA files verified his highest rank during WW II as a TSgt. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery and his marker displays rank of MSgt.
NARA files verified DFC w/1 oak leaf cluster, AM w/3 oak leaf clusters and PH. His second DFC was awarded for the Operation Tidal Wave (OTW) mission. Sgt Workman was wounded on the OTW mission according to the 93rd Bomb Group Sortie Report.
Of note, there are only two entries in the NARA database for Matthew Workman. Neither has a middle initial. Only one Mathew R. Workman is listed in the NARA database and he was not a flier.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster