Charles W Bley
Military ROLL OF HONOURPilot 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 Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- 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...
Events
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Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returned safely to Libya. |
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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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Other Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 515th BS, 376th BG, 9th AF. | |
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Born |
Berkeley, CA, USA | Berkeley, Alameda County California, USA. | |
| Casper, WY, USA | Casper, Wyoming, USA. | ||
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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. |