Maynard G Hubbard Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 415BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Shot down during Ploesti raid on 1-Aug-43 in 'Boiler Maker II' 41-23782 as part of Operation Tidal Wave Prisoner of War (POW)
Cross-trained himself as a navigator. After POW release became a pilot and was KIA flying an SA-16 rescue mission during Korean conflict.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (2OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Boiler Maker II
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Middleboro, KY | 21 January 1919 | |
Other Shot down POW |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Shot down during Ploesti raid on 1-Aug-43 in 'Boiler Maker II' 41-23782 as part of Operation Tidal Wave. POW |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Romania |
Died |
North Korea | 13 February 1953 | KIA flying an SA-16 rescue mission during Korean conflict. |
Middlesboro, KY 40965, USA | |||
Buried |
Middlesboro Cemetery, Middlesboro, Bell County, KY | Middlesboro Cemetery, Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky, USA. | |
Based Assigned |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 415BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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