UPL 14116
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B-24 Liberator 42-40613 'Pudgy' lost 1st Aug 43 on the Ploesti oil refinery raid. 6 KIA, 5 POW - MACR 333. (L-R) - Lt. Milton Teltser - Pilot (POW) / Lt. Wilmer Bassett - Co-Pilot (POW) / Lt. Robert Ward - Bombardier (KIA) / Lt. Sanford Reback - Navigator (KIA).
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33074419 / O-670490
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670491
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot/Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pudgy
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
Contributorlbeaumont
Sources
Linked to the biographies of the men identified in the caption. This is consistent with other records of the Pudgy crew on the Polesti raid.