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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Units served with
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Group
The 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1 Mar 42 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15 May 42. the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida, to continue advanced flight training and also to fly antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico. They...
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Aircraft
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B-24 Liberator
The B-24D, The Duchess, was in the 8th Air Force, the 93rd Bomb Group, and the 330th Bombing Squadron in Britain. It was detached, transferred temporarily (TDY) to the 9th Air Force in North Africa and flew on Operation Tidal Wave to bomb the oil...
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B-24 Liberator
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
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Missions
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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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Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in briefly in March 1943, then returned in June 1943 remaining until the end of the war and...
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Events
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Location |
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Born |
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22 June 1921 |
Son of James Britt and Gabriella [Busbee] League.
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Enlisted |
Charlotte, NC |
16 January 1942 |
Charlotte, North Carolina
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Based |
Benina |
August 1943 |
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF. TDY 9AF.
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Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania |
1 August 1943 |
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 |
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 |
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.
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Baled out POW |
Herxheim, Germany |
25 February 1944 |
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 |
Springwood Cemetery
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina
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