Charles W Bley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Pilot B-24 Liberator #42-40203 'Tobias the Terrible' 515th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returned safely to Libya.

Captain Bley lost his life with the 331st Combat Control Team. Killed in the crash of B-24E #42-7066, 25 miles northeast of Casper, Wyoming. Seven other servicemen also perished. 3rd Mar 44.

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Units served with

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tobias the Terrible
  • Unit: 376th Bomb Group

Missions

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Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returned safely to Libya.

Died

Casper, WY, USA 2 March 1944 Killed in the crash of B-24E #42-7066, 25 miles northeast of Casper, Wyoming. Seven other servicemen also perished. 3rd Mar 44.

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Assigned

Benghazi, Libya 515th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF.

Born

Berkeley, CA, USA Berkeley, Alameda County California, USA.
Casper, WY, USA Casper, Wyoming, USA.

Buried

San Francisco National Cemetery, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 1 Lincoln Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA San Francisco National Cemetery San Francisco San Francisco County California, USA.

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