William Toles
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying in B-24 Liberator 42-40316.
Killed in Action (KIA) 1-Dec-43 on mission to Solingen, B24 42-40793 'Blonds Away' was damaged by fighters and exploded while trying to land.
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Minnesota | 30 September 1916 | Son of Abel and Gittle Tores. |
Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN | 24 March 1942 | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Died Killed in action |
Manston, Ramsgate, Kent, UK | 1 December 1943 | Target - Solingen, Germany, 1-Dec-43, Manston, England Crash landed at emergency field due to battle damage. KIA. MACR 3983. |
Buried |
2 December 1943 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot D Row 5 Grave 58 | |
Based |
Benina | 1 December 1943 | Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55903238/william-toles;
Ploesti Sortie Reports for the 98th Bomb Group.
http://ploesti.com/roster.pdf
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 215, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 406 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia