Weldon R Seaton

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media-26083.jpeg UPL 26083 Weldon R. Seaton, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25117

Object Number - UPL 26083 - Weldon R. Seaton, 93rd Bomb Group

Wounded in action on Dec. 13, 1942 mission that the group flew to destroy the docks and harbor of Bizerte. While on temporary assignment to North Africa, on bombing run on port at Bizerte , Pilot Roche moved in for an extra, more exact run on the target. 'Ambrose II' B-24D-10-CO 41-23909 suffered hit to gas line. Roche and the crew made a dead stick landing (previously thought impossible for a bomber). Stranded on the Algerian desert, the crew spent the night protecting the plane from natives.



Purple Heart, Air Medal

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The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-23909

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Ambrose II
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.54 Ted's Travelling Circus by Cal Stewart pp. 49-50. Picture of pilot, copilot and 'Ambrose'

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Object number: UPL 26083 - Weldon R. Seaton, 93rd Bomb Group