Military
Lt. William H. Brandon took part in Operation Tidal Wave, flying the B-24D Liberator, 41-23817, to Ploesti, Romania. 1 Aug 1943,
Aircraft, 42-63971, Helen Hywater, was damaged over Norway. Landed in Sweden. Interned. INT-SWE. 18 Nov 43.
Deputy Grp. Cmdr, A-3, 2nd Aiv Div . Retired from service in 1969
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Military | Captain | B-24 Co-pilot / Command Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Lt. Baxter Weant took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the bombing mission to Ploesti, Romania, as co-pilot, flying the B-24 41-23788, 'Helen Hywater'. Returned to base. RTB. 1-Aug-43.
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Division
In December 1944, the 2nd Bomb Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
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...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D, named, Suzy Q, flown by Pilot Lt. Robert I. Brown and commanded by Col. Leon Johnson, led the 44th Bomb Group on the Aug 1, 1943 Ploesti raid and was the most famous ship of the 67th Squadron. The plane was lost along with the 67th's plane,...
B-24 Liberator
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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...
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| Born | Nashville, Tennessee | 24 July 1917 |
| Interned | 18 November 1943 |
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| 07 March 2022 10:26:03 | Kickapoo | Changes to role and biography |
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Removed punctuation from aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo |
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| 17 January 2020 14:24:46 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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MACR 1377 |
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| 17 January 2020 14:22:51 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography, events, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:28:06 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45 |
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