Hubert R Tardif
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 14960
B-24D Liberator, 42-40246, Thunder Mug and Crew :
Standing - Left to Right :
Stanley Valcik, Hubert R. Tardif, William Schrampf, Russell D. Longnecker - Pilot
Kneeling - Left to Right :
Edward A. Sand, Howard Teague, J. C. Pinson, Bernard C. Strand, Leonard J. Dougal, Aloysios G. Cunningham
Standing - Left to Right :
Stanley Valcik, Hubert R. Tardif, William Schrampf, Russell D. Longnecker - Pilot
Kneeling - Left to Right :
Edward A. Sand, Howard Teague, J. C. Pinson, Bernard C. Strand, Leonard J. Dougal, Aloysios G. Cunningham
Info added. - Kickapoo
Hit by flak that knocked off the tail section on a mission to V-sites near Siracourt, FR on 11 Feb 1944, B-24D #42-63978 'Lonesome Polecat' crashed near Dieppe, FR. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
27 May 1942 | ||
Died |
11 February 1944 | ||
Born |
Denver, Colorado | ||
Buried |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Changed spelling of surname from 'Tardiff' to 'Tardif'. Sources:
MACR 2558
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
ABMC, MACR 2858, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia