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1st Lt Robert E Felber, 66BS, 44BG
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778 'Lady Luck'. 25 x combat missions. Moved up to Group Operations. ETD.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Staff Sargent John Raymond Barcus was a waist gunner on the B-24D SN #41-23778 - 'Lady Luck' Assigned to the 66th Bomb Squadron, the 44th Bomb Group, and the 8th Air Force. He flew on the Ploesti raid as part of Lt. Felber's crew, on temporary...
Military | Sergeant | Gunner | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 6BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. On 4-Jan-44 B-24H 42-7476 'Nice N' Naughty'. Problems on T/O and A/C ran off end of runway and crashed in ditch. RTD 44 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator; Gunner | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778.
Completed 28 missions.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778. 31 x combat missions. ETD
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Military | Captain | Navigator | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778. ETD. Transferred to 453BG as tactical advisor.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Bob Felber crew. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778. 31 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778. 33 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti...
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Headquarters
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D Liberator bomber, SN #41-23778 renamed 'Lady Luck' from 'Jenny' - Survived Operation Tidal Wave over Ploesti Romania, August 1, 1943.
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B-24 Liberator
B-24 #42-40973 "Battleaxe" 415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF, flew 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Charles A Sayler, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 66BS, transferred to 67BS, transferred to 506BS all with 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down ?-Mar-44.
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B24D 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 B...
Military site : airfield
Shipdham was built in 1941-1942, the first US heavy bomber airfield in the English county of Norfolk. It was a standard design, with T2-type hangars and a domestic site dispersed to the south east. Improvements were carried out to increase the number...
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| Born | St Louis Park, Minneapoli, MN | 4 January 1917 |
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Son of John A and Flora M [Rue] Felber. |
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| Enlisted | Minneapolis, MN | 24 February 1942 |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Based | Shipdham | 1943 – June 1944 |
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Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Transferred | June 1944 | |
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Transferred to Group Op's. |
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| Discharged | 29 October 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Marriage | Minneapolis, MN | 7 September 1951 |
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Married Leverne Nelson. |
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| Died | Sioux Falls, SD | 28 June 1993 |
| Buried | Woodlawn Cemetery Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD | 31 June 1993 |
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Woodlawn Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 December 2020 16:09:55 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events and person associations |
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140655846/robert-eugene-felber |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 December 2020 15:17:32 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/617813327 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 March 2015 17:59:40 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, events, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:23:14 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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