UPL 36675

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Postcard sent from Willard R. Beaumont on August 12, 1943 telling his mother he had been shot down August 1 in the Ploesti raid.

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Willard Raymond Beaumont

• 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

Aircraft

42-40613

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

Mission

Operation Tidal Wave

• Date: 1 August 1943
• Official Description: 177 B-24’s, of IX Bomber Command (including Heavy Bombers on loan from Eighth AF) are dispatched to bomb oil refineries at Ploesti and nearby Campina. The operation (TIDALWAVE) is costly, 54 planes and 532 airmen being lost, but damage to the targets...