Donald Ahler De Armond

Military

Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. 1-Aug-43 on TDY to 9th AF, was interned in Turkey on Ploesti raid in B24 42-40608 'The Urgin Virgin'



Awards: AM, 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

People

B-24 Pilot Lt. Claude Alvin Turner, Command Pilot of the B-24D, 42-40608, the Vulgar Virgin, on the Ploestii bombing mission to destroy the German held oil refineries in Romania. 1 Aug 43. the B-24, 42-40765, Birmingham Blitzkrieg, after a deadly and chaotic mission to Bremen, Germany -  11 KIA  13 Nov 43.  MACR  2180
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665742
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Some of the crew of the Vulgar Virgin
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Vulgar Virgin
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Colton, CA 21 February 1918 Son of Mary Ahler De Armond.

Enlisted

March Field, Riverside, CA 23 February 1942 March Field, Riverside, California

Other

Interned

Corlu, Turkey 1 August 1943

Other

Discharged USAAF

10 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Other

Draft registration

Colton, CA Employed by Bank of America.

Based

Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ploesti by Dugan and Stewart, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I p. 221