Philip Ardery
Military | Major General | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Silver Star/ 2 DFCs/ 4 Air Medals/ Croix de Guerre.
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Adelbert DeHart Cross
Military
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LTC Adelbert DeHart Cross Command Pilot 389th BG Participated in Operation Tidal Wave Later served as base operations officer at Keesler AAF, Mississippi
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40733.
Service
People
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John Brooks
Military | Brigadier General | Pilot | 355th Fighter Group
Led 17 B-24s on the low level attack at Ploesti whilst with the 389th Bomb Group. ... -
Kenneth Caldwell
Military | Major | B-24D Co-Pilot - Command Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Lt. Kenneth M. Caldwell from the 8th Air force, the 389th Bombardment Group, and the 565th Bomb Squadron took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti with Col. Jack W. Wood, on 1 August 1943, flying a B-24D Liberator, 42-40629 named 'The... -
Dan Craddock
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40733. His home town was Muncie, Indiana. -
Clarence Gerrick
Military | Captain | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Born in Toledo, Ohio, where he attended St. John High School, graduating in 1935. He played basketball in high school and at the University of Toledo, where he majored in business. ... -
Ross Koch
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40733. -
George Martin
Military | Second Lieutenant | 389th Bomb Group
His home town was Macon, Georgia. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40733 -
Leopold Paulin
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40733. Had two years of high school in Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. -
Albert Trumbley
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40733. -
Roy Wells
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 389th Bomb Group
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40733. His hometown was Houston, Texas.
Units served with
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389th Bomb Group
Group
The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943... -
567th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
567th Bombardment Squadron, 24 December 1942 - 13 September 1945 ...
Aircraft
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42-40733 Virgin for Short, But Not For Long
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator 42-40733 567th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Clarence W Gerrick, returning safely to Libya. ...
Missions
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Operation Tidal Wave
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 B-24s that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57 B...
Associated Place
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Berca
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Ridgway, Pennsylvania | 2 May 1917 |
| Lived in | Longmeadow, MA | 1940 |
| Died | Lake Forest, California | 21 April 1981 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 06 December 2019 12:53:18 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography, person associations, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 April 2019 16:59:31 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename and events |
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5180&h=1600739&... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 January 2019 02:07:57 | Dieterle | Changes to person associations |
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Philip Ardery, Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky: 1978) 99. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 January 2019 01:08:35 | Dieterle | Changes to biography, person associations and place associations |
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Philip Ardery, Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky: 1978) passim. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 June 2018 03:16:21 | Michael Cross | Changes to mission associations |
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I am his son |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 June 2018 03:13:26 | Michael Cross | Changes to nickname, highest rank and awards |
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I am his son. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:02:48 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ploesti by Dugan & Stewart |
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