Harry G Deem Jr
MilitaryFlew 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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Units served with
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Margie A Virgin
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
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Died |
Romania | 1 August 1943 | 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. |
| West Virginia, USA | West Virginia, USA. | ||
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Other Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 343rd BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |