Richard B Mays

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

All information correct as on Roll of Honor board

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

Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23809.



Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 42-41002. Killed in Action (KIA).



DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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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

41-23809

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hellsadroppin II, Painted Virgin, You Cawnt Miss It, Checker Board
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

42-41002

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Hollland 22 December 1943

Born

Quincy, Illinois, USA

Buried

Revisions

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Changes
Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

ABMC; MACR 2183, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, p. 433 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2183 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield...