Robert Daves
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9th AF. Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Miles Richard League
Military
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2nd Lt Miles R League, 93BG.
Pilot 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
Later on 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.
25-Feb-44 Shot down by FW190s in B-24 41-24147 "The Duchess". Prisoner of war (POW)
Awards: DFC, BS, AM (5OLC), PH, AF Commendation, WWII Victory, EAME (8 battle stars).
Service
People
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James Fox
Military | Captain | Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF. Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. ... -
Adrien Hubert
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF. Crew member 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. ... -
Robert Theis
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF. Bombardier 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. ... -
Larry White
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF. Crew member of B-24 41-23711 'Jerks Natural', flew on Ploesti raid on 1-Aug-43. ...
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
93rd Bomb Group
Group
93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1-March-1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15-May-1942 the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida to continue advanced flight training and also to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico; they... -
409th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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41-24147 The Duchess - Evelyn
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D, named, The Duchess, was in the 8th Air Force, the 93rd Bomb Group, and the 330th Bombing Squadron in Britain. - Transferred temporarily (TDY) to the 9th Air Force in North Africa and flew on Operation Tidal Wave to bomb the oil refineries... -
42-40610 'Satan's Sister'
B-24 Liberator
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. ...
Missions
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Operation Tidal Wave
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...
Associated Place
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Hardwick
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. In December 1943, the B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in, and remained until the end of the war, flying over 330 missions.... -
Stalag Luft I
Other location
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Dulag Luft 12
Other location
Events
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| Born | 22 June 1921 | |
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Son of James Britt and Gabriella [Busbee] League. |
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| Enlisted | Charlotte, NC | 16 January 1942 |
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Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Based | Benina | August 1943 |
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Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF. TDY 9AF. |
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| Survived Ploesti | Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 |
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Flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. |
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| Interned (INT) | 291 76 Rinkaby, Sweden | 9 October 1943 |
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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. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Barth, Germany | 25 February 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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| Baled out POW | Herxheim, Germany | 25 February 1944 |
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Shot down by FW190s in B-24 41-24147 "The Duchess" 25-Feb-44. Prisoner of war (POW) |
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| Died | Greenville, SC | 24 September 2010 |
| Buried | Springwood Cemetery Greenville, Greenville County, SC | 27 September 2010 |
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Springwood Cemetery |
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Revisions
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| 27 February 2021 17:08:02 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, nickname, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/283246499/miles-richard-league-social-secur... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 October 2019 14:03:56 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to highest rank, biography, events, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 13 April 2015 14:21:31 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, events, unit associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:14 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 830 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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