Bernard R Lucas

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13253.jpeg UPL 13253 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

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Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

SSgt. Bernie Lucas was the Radio Operator on the B-24D, Euroclydon The Storm, 42-40612, on Operation Tidal Wave to Ploesti, Romania. He was on TDY to the 9th Air Force for that mission over Ploesti. He was Killed In Action (KIA) when, Euroclydon The Storm, crashed after taking a flak hit that set it on fire. 1 Aug, 1943.

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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

Aircraft

42-40612

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

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

1 August 1943

Born

Hanna, Wyoming

Buried

Revisions

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ContributorKickapoo
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Black Sunday - Michael Hill

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

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ContributorAAM
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ABMC MACR 6465 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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