Robert L Hamilton

Military

Interned in Turkey while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid on 8/1/43 in B-24 42-40744.



Earlier June 25, 1943 on training mission, B24 42-40774 collided with another ac

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Hugh R McLaren

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35370265
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner

Robert W Schwellinger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Aircraft

42-40744

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

42-40774

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Heaven Can Wait
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Interned

1 August 1943

Born

Scio, Ohio

Revisions

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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 389th Bomb Group

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 243, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 165