Worthy A Long

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) in Romania. Shot down on 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Jersey Bounce 2nd' 42-40609.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-40609

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jersey Bounce
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron 8th Air Force Finance

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Texon, Texas

Revisions

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Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 335