Wesley Edward Rankin

Military
media-26601.jpeg UPL 26601 Wesley E. Rankin, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25118

Object Number - UPL 26601 - Wesley E. Rankin, 93rd Bomb Group

Assigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23809.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Served in Korean conflict with USAF rising in rank to Lt Colonel.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • 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

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hollywood, CA 21 March 1920 Son of Roy and Eula Mae [Adams] Rankin.

Enlisted

Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, CA 29 October 1941 Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California

Other

Discharged USAF

31 July 1962 Honourable discharge.

Died

21 June 1984

Buried

Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, CA 24 June 1984 Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, California

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster

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