Bernard Patrick Greeley
MilitaryTSgt. Bernard Patrick Greeley was a B-24 Radio Operator assigned to to the 565th Bomb Squadron, the 389th Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force, USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the bombing mission on the Ploesti oil refineries flying the B-24D, 42-40629, and returned safely to base (RTB). 1 Aug 43.
Sgt. Greeley was killed on a training flight of the, TB-17F, 42-6071, out of McCook AFB. Died Non Battle (DNB). 10-Apr-45
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), GC, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1699045
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728838
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Combat Bomb Wing 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (14th Combat Bomb Wing)
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Chief of the British-American Air Component, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces Mission to Franc
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Scorpion
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Beverly, MA | 26 December 1920 | Son of Mary Theresa [Flanagan] Greeley. |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 6 June 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Died |
NW of Maywood, NE | 10 April 1945 | Killed on training flight of TB-17F 42-6071 out of McCook AFB Died Non Battle (DNB), NW of Maywood, Nebraska |
Buried |
Hamilton Cemetery Hamilton, Essex County, MA | 11 April 1945 | Hamilton Cemetery Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts |
Based |
Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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389th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia