Paul Baskis
Military
Object Number - UPL 14408 - Back Row L to R Gen Hoyt S Vanderberg P 1st Lt Royden L Lebrecht, Denison, TX C 1st Lt Clinton H Killian, Roosevelt, Utah N 1st Lt Grover A Zink,...
Master Sgt. Crew Chief Paul Baskis was assigned to the B-24D Liberator, 41-11761, named, The Squaw.
On completion of his combat tour, returned with his crew and plane, The Squaw, to Fort Worth, Texas for a war bond tour across the nation. 1944
Awards: BSM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Sleepy - The Squaw
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 98th Bomb Group 343rd 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
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
1 February 1914 | Son of William And Isabella Baskis. | |
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Died |
Rantoul, IL | 15 September 1998 | |
| Cambridge, MA, USA | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. | ||
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Based Assigned |
Benina | Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Best Web - B-24 - 41-11761 - The Squaw
http://texashistory.unt.edu / USAAF Photo
