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Object Number - UPL 13862 - B-24 Liberator 42-63761 "Li'l Abner" of the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force and crew. Lost on the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti refinery...
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 8/1/43 while TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 42-63761 Li'l Abner'. Prisoner of War (POW) . Served 12 months as Prisoner of War in Romania.
Awards: SS, AM (OLC), PH, POW, EAME (4BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Assistant Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Assistant Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34268126
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39092894
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lil Abner
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mobile, Alabama | 17 July 1919 | BornMobile, Alabama |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1943 - 31 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW)Bucharest, Romania |
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Died |
Mobile, Alabama | 4 April 2008 | DiedMobile, Alabama |
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Buried |
Mobile Memorial Gardens Tillmans Corner, Alabama | 7 April 2008 | InterredMobile Memorial GardensTillmans Corner, Alabama |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2413, Losses of the 8th&9th AFs Vol. I p. 219