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:
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
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
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
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
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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