Raymond Joseph Lacombe
MilitaryKneeling L-R: Sgt's EW Harbison, JE Caillier, D Kennon, HJ Seigfeldt, Griffin, D Barth
B-24 Liberator 4124282 'Ruth-Less' a survivor of 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid. Lost on raid on V1 rocket launching ramps at Pas-de-Calais, France. Shortly after dropping their bombs, the bomber received flak damage to the # 3 and # 4 engines (both engines on the starboard wing). Not possible to make base and while attempting to find a landing area in poor weather, A/C crashed into a hill above Eastbourne, killing all crew. 10 KIA. Pilot 1st Lt James O Bolin. MACR 6385. Picture of Lt Slough Ploesti crew.
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43 in B-24 41-24282.
Severely damaged by flak after making two bomb runs over target of Friedrichshafen, Germany on 18-Mar-44, B-24 42-100073 'Sack Artist' crashed near Dubendorf, Switzerland after the crew baled out. Interned (INT).
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lowell, MA | 14 February 1915 | Son of Joseph Edward and Florence [MacPherson] Lacombe. |
Other Interned (INT) |
Dubendorf, Switzerland | 18 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Friedrichshafen in B-24 42-100073 'Sack Artist'; baled out near Dubendorf. Interned Switzerland. 18-Mar-44. |
Died |
Slidell, LA | 8 July 2001 | |
Providence, Rhode Island, USA | |||
Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington National Cemetery Section: 64, Site: 650 | |
Based |
Shipdham | 18 March 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Marriage |
Married Margaret V Conlon. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3407 / MACR 3407, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database