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John Wilburn Propst Sr

Military

Object Number - UPL 56371 - John Wilburn Propst Sr

Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying in B-24 Liberator 42-40316.

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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...

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Hickory, NC	2 September 1923	Son of Henry Lester and Maggie Leonna [Caldwell] Propst.
Enlisted		12 October 1942
Other Discharged USAAF		22 July 1945	Honourable discharge.
Died	Zionville, NC	19 November 2008	John W. Propst, age 85, of 6310 Old Highway 421, Zionville, died Wednesday evening, November 19, 2008, at Mecklenburg Health Care Center in Charlotte. Mr. Propst is survived by his wife; two daughters; two sons; three granddaughters; five grandsons; two great-granddaughters and one great-grandson; one brother. He is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sons; his father and mother, Henry Lester Propst and Maggie Caldwell Propst, and two sisters. Funeral services for Mr. John W. Propst will be conducted Saturday afternoon, November 22, 2008, at 2:00 o'clock, at Hampton Funeral Home Chapel. The body will lie in state, at the chapel, from 1:00 until 2:00 o'clock. Officiating will be Reverend Gordon Noble. Military graveside rites and burial will follow in Cove Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening, from 7:00 until 9:00, at Hampton Funeral Service.
Buried	Cove Creek Cemetery Watauga County, NC	22 November 2008	Cove Creek Cemetery Watauga County, North Carolina
Based			Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF.