UPL 14116
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B-24 Liberator 42-40613 'Pudgy' lost 1st Aug 43 on the Ploesti oil refinery raid. 6 KIA, 5 POW - MACR 333. (L-R) - Lt. Milton Teltser - Pilot (POW) / Lt. Wilmer Bassett - Co-Pilot (POW) / Lt. Robert Ward - Bombardier (KIA) / Lt. Sanford Reback - Navigator (KIA).
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33074419 / O-670490
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670491
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot/Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pudgy
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Date:
Contributorlbeaumont
ChangesChanges to person associations
Sources
Linked to the biographies of the men identified in the caption. This is consistent with other records of the Pudgy crew on the Polesti raid.
Date:
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations and mission associations
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