Philip G Bedwell
Military ROLL OF HONOURAll information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew member of B-24 41-23711 'Jerks Natural', flew on Ploesti raid on 1-Aug-43.
'Jerks Natural' was damaged over Austria on mission to Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory and crashed in Yugoslavia on 1-Oct-43. KIA. MACR 3301.
Awards: DFC, AM, PH.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Jerks Natural
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Marion, Grant County, IN | 15 December 1919 | Son of Grant H and Eva L [Keene] Bedwell. |
Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN | 7 April 1942 | Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana |
Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew on Ploesti raid on 1-Aug-43. |
Died |
Yugoslavia | 1 October 1943 | 'Jerks Natural' was damaged over Austria on mission to Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory and crashed in Yugoslavia on 1-Oct-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3301. |
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay St. Louis County MO | 13 March 1950 | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay St. Louis County Missouri, USA. |
Marion, Indiana | |||
Based |
Hardwick | 1 October 1943 | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Grant Memorial Park Marion, Grant County, IN | Memorialised Grant Memorial Park Marion, Grant County, Indiana |
Revisions
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'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia