Military
Robert Mooney crew, Lowery Field, Denver, Colorado. 389BG. Rear L-R: Charles E Garrett, Eugene P Spencer, Alex Lubin, Elvin H Henderson, Eber G Ayers, Aaron P Leibowitz. Front L-R: Robert C Mooney, James F Gerrits, John D Wilson, Rockly Triantafellu.
Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'Hitler's Hearse' 42-40544 1-Aug-43; pilot killed by flak, C/P landed A/C in Izmir, Turkey, Interned INT
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY with 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40544 'Hitler's Hearse'. A/C and crew interned Izmir, Turkey. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: DSC, AM, PH.
Group
The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
Squadron
567th Bombardment Squadron, 24 December 1942 - 13 September 1945
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B-24 Liberator
Failed To Return - Ploesti oil refinery raid, 1st Aug 1943, landed near Izmir, Turkey, pilot Robert C Mooney, crew interned.
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B-24D Liberators attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. The bombers flew low to avoid radar detection and dropped time delayed bombs. Out of the 177 B-24s that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57...
Military site : airfield
Construction of Hethel airfield began in 1941, and was finished in late 1942. The number of hardstandings was increased from the planned 36 to 50 in 1942, in order to accommodate a full heavy bomb group. The 320th Bomb Group occupied the base for ten...
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| Born | Bronx, NY | 29 December 1918 |
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Son of Max Leibowitz. |
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| Enlisted | Fort Dix, NJ | 8 September 1941 |
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Fort Dix, New Jersey |
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| Based | 1943 – 1944 | |
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Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Interned | İzmir, Turkey | 1 August 1943 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'Hitler's Hearse' 42-40544 1-Aug-43; interned in Izmir, Turkey, Interned INT |
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| 19 February 2021 11:11:34 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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| 15 November 2019 12:45:52 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography, events and unit associations |
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| 26 July 2019 12:55:30 | Lucy May | Changes to surname and service number |
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Corrected spelling of surname from 'Liebowitz' to 'Leibowitz'. Sources: |
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| 15 March 2015 19:30:07 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, events, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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AAM Database. |
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| 27 September 2014 18:02:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR (see 9thAF) |
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