Claude H Ipher

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-32556.jpeg UPL 32556 Claude Ipher

From his nephew, Floyd Ipher

Object Number - UPL 32556 - Claude Ipher

Killed in Action on 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Let 'er Rip' 41-24121.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Victor Ernest Olliffe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-731644
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-24121

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Let Er Rip
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

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Killed in action

1 August 1943

Born

Hunting Mills, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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NARA files verified ASN upon entry.

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NARA files verified Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster. His DFC and Purple Heart were awarded posthumously for the 1 August 1943 Ploesti low level mission.

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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 462

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