Ernest Baron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on 8/1/43 while TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Lady Jane' #42-40804.
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Military
Killed in Action (KIA) 1 August 1943 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Lady Jane' 42-40804
DFC/ AM/ PH
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on 8/1/43 while TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Lady Jane' #42-40804.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action on 8/1/43 while TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti Raid in B-24 'Lady Jane' 42-40804.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action on 8/1/43 while TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Lady Jane' 42-40804.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action on 8/1/43 while TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Lady Jane' 42-40804.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action 1 August 1943 while TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Lady Jane' 42-40804.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action 1 August 1943 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Lady Jane' 42- 40804.
DFC/ AM/ PH
Military | Technical Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action on 8/1/43 while TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Lady Jane' 42-40804.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action 1 August 1943 on Ploesti raid while TDY to 9thAF in B-24 'Lady Jane' 42-40804.
DFC/ AM/ PH
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Crashed on 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Lady Jane' #42-40804, Prisoner of War (POW).
Yates was the only survivor from his crew.
Group
93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1-March-1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15-May-1942 the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida to continue advanced flight training and also to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico; they...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Crashed near Ploestiori village north of Concordia-Vega refineries 1st Aug 43, 9 KIA, 1 POW . MACR 328.
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B24D Liberators attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. The bombers flew low to avoid radar detection and dropped time delayed bombs. Out of the 177 B-24s that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57 B...
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. In December 1943, the B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in, and remained until the end of the war, flying over 330 missions....
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Illinois | 12 August 1919 |
Lived in | Chicago, IL, USA | 1941 |
Killed in action | Ploieștiori 107071, Romania | 1 August 1943 |
Missing Air Crew Report Details |
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Buried | 1945 | |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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30 August 2019 11:39:49 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography, events and mission associations |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
31 August 2016 00:58:33 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events and place associations |
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http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-ar... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:27:56 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |