Hugh R Roper

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 26084 - Hugh R. Roper, 93rd Bomb Group

1st Lt. Hugh R. Roper was a B-24D bomber pilot from the 93rd Bomb Group, on TDY to the 9th Air Force in the MTO in 1943. He was killed in action (KIA) on the Ploesti bombing mission in the B-24D, 41-23717, EXTERMINATOR. 1 Aug 43.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

People

Merrill E Demas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

41-23717

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Exterminator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 330th 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...

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Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

1 August 1943

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, Missouri

Revisions

Date17 Aug 2021 07:58:46
ContributorKickapoo
Sources

Wording, punctuation. - Kickapoo

Date20 Sep 2019 11:17:29
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:24
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 0334, Capt Hugh Rolin Roper by Garth L. Anderson

Hugh R Roper: Gallery (4 items)

A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group don their flight gear before a mission, flying a B-24 Liberator (41-23717) nicknamed "Exterminator". 3 April 1943. Image via BL Davies Image stamped on reverse: 'passed for publication 20 Apr 1943[stamp] . 'Return to P.I.D'[stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'ETO HD 43 2859 Moore 8 Apr 43. The martian appearance of these clothes give these combat flyers an even grimmer appearance. Climbing into high altitude uniforms are the crew of a Liberator just about to leave its

Object number: FRE 782 - The crew of B-24D Liberator (41-23717) nicknamed...

Object number: UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield...

Object number: UPL 13845 - The B-24D, 41-23717, "Exterminator", of the 330th...

Object number: UPL 26084 - Hugh R. Roper, 93rd Bomb Group