Richard B Mays
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 13253
93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23809.
Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 42-41002. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hollland | 22 December 1943 | |
Born |
Quincy, Illinois, USA | ||
Buried |
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Sources
ABMC; MACR 2183, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 433 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2183 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database