Marvin Ray Elmore

Military

Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40795.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-40795

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Golden Sandstorm
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

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Born

Haynesville, Illinois

Revisions

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ContributorLittle Puss
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This is my Dad ,he was the waist gunner on the Golden Sandstorm. They flew 25 Missions out of Libya in WWII.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 389th Bomb Group

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ContributorAAM
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'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia