B-24 Liberator
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returned safely to Libya.
Lost on 4th Jan 44 mission to Kiel, Germany. A/C hit by flak damaging controls, causing loss of control. A/C crashed 2 Km southwest of Süderschmedeby, south of Frensburg, Germany. 6 KIA 4 POW. MACR 8342
Statement from T/Sgt Thomas J. Adams:
"Our plane crashed because the control cables had been shot in two by anti-aircraft fire. Of course the plane went down in a spin, and there was not much time to get out, therefore we that were in good condition could not aid those that had been wounded and could not help themselves. The aircraft crashed 2 km southwest of Suderschmedeby, south of Flensburg, Germany.
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
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Crew member of B-24 Liberator 41-23810 'Tarfu', flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator #41-23810.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator #41-23810.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Flew on the low level Ploesti mission aboard tarfu as a tail gunner, came home with shrapnel in his back from this mission. He was a waist gunner early on then a tail gunner for the remaining missions.
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Military | Captain | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator #41-23810.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator #41-23810.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY with 9AF USAAF. Radio Operator on B-24 Liberator 41-23810 'Tarfu' on 4th Jan 1944 mission to Kiel, Germany. A/C hit by flak damaging controls, causing loss of control. A/C crashed 2 Km southwest of Süderschmedeby...
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot / Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 329th BS, 92rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF. Flew as pilot of B-24D 41-23810 'Tarfu', on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 93rd Bomb Group
2 December 1942 while transporting navigators to a school in Oxfordshire, main landing gear retracted upon landing at the RAF station of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire. All crewmembers, including Pilot Leon C. Packer, survived on B-24 #41-23674.
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Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-24 #42-23810 'Tarfu'. Target was Kiel, Germany. A/C hit by flak damaging controls, causing loss of control. A/C crashed 2 Km southwest of Süderschmedeby, south of Frensburg, Germany.
PH
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...
4 January 1944
The port area of Kiel, Germany and the railroad marshalling yards at Munster, Germany are the Primary targets of this Mission which is organised as two elements: one going to Kiel and the other to Munster. Roger A. Freeman begins to designate aircraft...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Survived Ploesti | Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 |
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Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returned safely to Libya. |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Flensburg, Germany | 4 January 1944 |
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Lost on 4th Jan 44 mission to Kiel, Germany. A/C hit by flak damaging controls, causing loss of control. A/C crashed 2 Km southwest of Süderschmedeby, south of Frensburg, Germany. 6 KIA 4 POW. MACR 8342 |
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| Assigned | Benghazi, Libya | |
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329th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 April 2015 19:00:52 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, person associations and mission associations |
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http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com / MACR 8342 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 8342 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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