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"White crosses mark the graves of American soldiers in a military cemetery somewhere in North Africa. 8 November 1943." L-R: Robert J Nespor, Thurman L Ward, John C. Riley, Darmond R Massort, Edward J Suwa, John P D'Amour, George W Lawlor.
Crew member of B-24 liberator 41-11768 'Kickapoo' of 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. Crashed shortly after take-off for the 1-Aug-43 low-level Ploesti, Romania mission. She lost an engine just after getting airborne and then caught fire while banking back toward the field to land, then a wing touched the ground and she smashed into a concrete pole and burst into flames. KIA.
Military | First Lieutenant | B-24 Command Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
1st Lt. Robert James Nespor, Jr. was a B-24D command bomber pilot in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bombardment Group, "The Pyramiders", and the 330th Bombing Squadron. For the huge mission to bomb the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania, on Operation...
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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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
The B-24D Liberator 41-11768, 'KICKAPOO', was piloted by Lt. John S. Young from Dallas, Texas as part of the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 344th Bombing Squadron, which arrived in North Africa in early 1943. This airplane and was Lt...
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...
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| Born | Sparta, MI 49345, USA | 9 August 1911 |
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Son of John B and Mary E [Guerno] D'Amour. |
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| Assigned | Benghazi, Libya | 1943 |
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Assigned to 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |
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| Died | Benghazi, Libya | 1 August 1943 |
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Crew member of B-24 liberator 41-11768 'Kickapoo' of 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. Crashed shortly after take-off for the 1-Aug-43 low-level Ploesti, Romania mission. She lost an engine just after getting airborne and then caught fire while banking back toward the field to land, then a wing touched the ground and she smashed into a concrete pole and burst into flames. KIA. |
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| Buried | Fort Scott National Cemetery Fort Scott, Bourbon County KS | 1948 |
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Fort Scott National Cemetery |
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| 04 January 2021 18:21:35 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography, events, person associations and unit associations |
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| 20 April 2020 21:38:21 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| 08 March 2017 14:51:37 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to unit associations |
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| 18 April 2015 14:33:28 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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