Julius Erdely
MilitaryAssigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.
Temporary Duty (TDY) to 9AF USAAF. Temporary Detached (TD) for K-8 sight maintenance school.
Flew Ploesti raid on 1-Aug-43 in with DeMont crew in B-24 42-40765 'Valient Virgin'. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 84th Fighter Wing 405th Fighter Group 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38002510 / O-666252
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Valient Virgin
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th 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...
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 12 December 1915 | Son of Emma Hall. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 7 August 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Pittsburgh, PA | 1 November 1987 | |
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Buried |
Calvary Cemetery Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA | 4 November 1987 | Calvary Cemetery Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
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Based |
Assigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / SO#78, 6May44, http://www.b24.net/support/enames.html
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Sources
'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia