David D Mease

Military
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Military records

Object Number - UPL 16661 - David D Mease

Bombardier B-24 #41-11767 'Shanghi Lil', flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, aborting before target. Credited with the shooting down of a Bf109.

Honours:

Air Force Longevity Service Award with 4 oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with 6 oak leaf clusters (1 silver, 1 bronze), American Campaign Medal, American Defense Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross with 1 oak leaf cluster, Good Conduct Medal, Korean Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze stars, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 silver star.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shanghi Lil
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 345th Bomb Squadron Ninth Air Force

Missions

Events

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Suvived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Bombardier B-24 #41-11767 'Shanghi Lil', flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, aborting before target.

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Assigned

Benghazi, Libya 343rd BS, 98th BG, 9th AF.
Cumberland, MD, USA Cumberland, Maryland, USA.

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Newspaper clipping.

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Personal collection

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Military papers In my possession including his Discharge papers

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WD, AGO, Records and Administration Center, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd, St Louis 20, Missouri, 25 April 1947. By order of the Secretary of War, Thomas D Thorpe, Adjutant General
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