Donovan A Astle

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crew member B-24 #41-11896 'Nightmare' shot down on 3rd Sep 43 mission to bomb Sulmona, Italy marshaling yards, KIA MACR 463.

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Units served with

Ninth Air Force

• Air Force: Ninth Air Force
• Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-11896

• Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
• Nicknames: Nightmare
• Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

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...

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Wyoming, USA	18 January 1920	Jan 18, 1920
Died	67039 Sulmona AQ, Italy	3 September 1943	Crew member B-24 #41-11896 'Nightmare' shot down on 3rd Sep 43 mission to bomb Sulmona, Italy marshaling yards, KIA MACR 463.
Buried			Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Nettuno, Provincia di Roma Lazio, Italy.
Other Assigned	Benghazi, Libya		343rd BS, 98th BG, 9th AF.