Military
Clarence W Gooden :- Distinguished Service Cross award card. 98BG.
1st Lt Clarence W Gooden :- Silver Star award card. 98BG.
1st Lt Clarence W Gooden :- Distinguished Service Medal award card. 98BG.
Assigned 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Pilot B-24 42-41007 'Margie A Virgin', flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former DOPEY CREW: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry, Cox, and Cochrane, losing their lives." MACR 170.
Awards: DSC, DSM, SS, PH, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 98th Bomb Group
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24, 42-41007 'Margie A Virgin', was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former DOPEY CREW: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry, Cox, and Cochrane,...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former DOPEY CREW: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry, Cox, and Cochrane, losing their lives." MACR 170...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former DOPEY CREW: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry, Cox, and...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 98th Bomb Group
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former DOPEY CREW: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry, Cox, and Cochrane, losing their lives." MACR 170...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 98th Bomb Group
Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former DOPEY CREW: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry, Cox, and Cochrane, losing their lives." MACR 170...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer / Gunner | 98th Bomb Group
Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and crash landed in Romania, escaped wreck along with co pilot WIA/POW. MACR 170.
Awards: DFC, AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942.
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Squadron
Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron and trained by Third Air Force. Deployed to Egypt in June 1942 over South Atlantic Transport Route transiting from Morrison Field, Florida though the Caribbean to Brazil; performed trans-Atlantic...
B-24 Liberator
Failed To Return - Lost on the Ploesti oil refinery raid, 1st Aug 1943, Pilot Clarence W Gooden, A/C was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former 'DOPEY' Crew: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry,...
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...
Military site : airfield
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| Born | Waycross, GA, USA | 5 October 1920 |
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Son of William Herbert and Leasy Barnard [Gooden] Bradway. |
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| Lived in | Waycross, GA, USA | 1941 |
| Based | Benina | 1943 – 1 August 1943 |
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Assigned 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Romania | 1 August 1943 |
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Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former DOPEY CREW: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry, Cox, and Cochrane, losing their lives." MACR 170. |
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| Buried | Oakland Cemetery Waycross, Ware County GA | April 1950 |
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Re-Interred |
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| 26 November 2021 11:27:54 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/319226339 |
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| 23 February 2018 02:27:55 | decwriter | Changes to awards |
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Received Silver Star Medal for his actions on the 1 Aug 1943 Ploesti raid. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 April 2015 14:38:08 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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http://usaafdata.com / http://www.findagrave.com / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com / MACR 170 |
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