Wilmer Henry Clay Bassett

Military
media-36688.jpeg UPL 36688 Marriage of Willard R. Beaumont (age 23) and Lillian Lynette Haering (Age 20) with Vera, Lynn, Beau, and Bill Bassett. January 3, 1945. Willard Raymond Beaumont

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Object Number - UPL 36688 - Marriage of Willard R. Beaumont (age 23) and Lillian Lynette Haering (Age 20) with Vera, Lynn, Beau, and Bill Bassett. January 3, 1945.

Prisoner of War (POW)/ crashed on 8/1/43 while TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti Raid in B-24 'Pudgy' 42-40613 Prisoner of War (POW) in Rumania.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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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: Pudgy
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bengazi Airfield, Wheelus Airbase

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Upper Darby, Pennsylvania 6 June 1918 Son of Henry Clay and Florence Amelia [Dokenwadel] Bassett

Enlisted

Camp Lee, VA 28 October 1941

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Romania 1 August 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Romania.

Other

Forced landing POW

Vicinity Ploesti 1 August 1943 A/C shot up by enemy fighters, force landed and captured. 1-Aug-43 POW. MACR 333

Died

Newtown Square, PA 26 January 1994

Based

Hardwick 1 August 1943 Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF for Ploesti raid from Bengazi.

Buried

Philadelphia Memorial Park, Frazer, PA Interred Philadelphia Memorial Park Frazer, Chester County, PA

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