Donovan A Astle
Military ROLL OF HONOURCrew 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

- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Nightmare
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
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
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. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com / MACR 463