Richard Coleman Hurlburt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-48050.jpeg UPL 48050 S/Sgt Richard C Hurlbert, 389BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 48050 - S/Sgt Richard C Hurlbert, 389BG.

Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.

9-Oct-43 on mission to bomb Danzig U-Boat production in B-24 42-40610 'Satan's Sister' A/C took flak hits, lost engine on return, diverting to Sweden. A/C Belly landed in Rinkaby airfield, Sweden. Interned.

Later shot down on Misburg mission (his 16th mission of his tour) 4-Nov-44 in B-24 42-109815 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10359

Awards: DFC, AM (3 OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

People

Eldon Clarence Frobish

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36426033 / O-706050
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-109815

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

42-40610

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Sister
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Maplewood, New Jersey, USA 6 June 1920 Son of John L and Harriet C Hurlburt.

Enlisted

Fort Dix, NJ 4 March 1942 Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Other

Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.

Other

Interned (INT)

291 76 Rinkaby, Sweden 9 October 1943 9-Oct-43 on mission to bomb Danzig U-Boat production in B-24 42-40610 'Satan's Sister' A/C took flak hits, lost engine on return, diverting to Sweden. A/C Belly landed in Rinkaby airfield, Sweden. Interned.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Off Wilhelmshaven 4 November 1944 Shot down at Misburg, Germany on 4-Nov-44 in B-24J 42-109815 KIA. MACR 10359.

Other

Assigned

Benghazi, Libya 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands

Revisions

Date23 Feb 2021 18:59:52
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, biography, awards, events and place associations
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Date11 Oct 2019 14:22:33
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to biography and events
Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

Date13 Apr 2015 14:13:14
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to service number, role, biography, events, unit associations and mission associations
Sources

http://www.forcedlandingcollection.se

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:27
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 10359 / MACR 830 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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