Clyde Grayson Wickham

Military
media-15309.jpeg UPL 15309 B-24D Liberator, 42-40746, Ole Irish. - Pilot Lt. Frank McGLaughlin is third from the left side, standing. Ole Irish, flew on the Ploesti oil refinery mission, returning to Libya on three engines, another one of which, quit from fuel starvation on taxiing in from the runway. Lt. Mclaughlin's friends from the 8th Air Force in the B-24D, Old Blister Butt, saw him and Ole Irish, shot up and flying away from Ploesti on three engines, They escorted him back to Benghazi, Libya. 1 Aug 1943

Standing Rear L-R :

Joe Sullivan - Navigator -
Leo Travis - Bombardier -
Frank McLaughlin - Pilot - Lee D. Slessor - Co Pilot

Kneeling Front L-R :
Charles Simmons - Ball and Tail Gunner
Clyde Wickham - Radio Operator -
Fay Kelly - Engineer - Waist Gunner -
Marshall Lisiesky - Tail Gunner -
Don Pierce - Waist Gunner -
Chester Moore - Top Turret Gunner -

Added detail. - Kickapoo

Object Number - UPL 15309 - B-24D Liberator, 42-40746, Ole Irish. - Pilot Lt. Frank McGLaughlin is third from the left side, standing. Ole Irish, flew on the Ploesti oil...

Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying aboard B-24 Liberator 42-40746. ETD





Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

People

Frank B McLaughlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32041169 / O-734123
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Donald Gordon Pierce

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32491935
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-40746

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Ole Irish
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Glen Allen, Virginia 21 April 1920 Son of James Sommerville and Verna Lloyd [Waldrop] Wickham.

Other

Discharged USAAF

26 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

25 June 1966

Buried

Church of Our Saviour Cemetery Montpelier, Hanover County, VA 28 June 1966 Church of Our Saviour Cemetery Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia

Based

Hethel Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 389th Bomb Group

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389th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 15309 - B-24D Liberator, 42-40746, Ole Irish. - Pilot Lt...