Ralph Frederick Perkins Jr
Military
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UPL 26390
Aviation Cadet Ralph Frederick "Sonny" Perkins
Army Air Forces Navigation School Class 42-16 'Log' , Hondo Army Air Field, Hondo, Texas
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.
Awards: S, DFC, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16076381 / O-731565
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Margie A Virgin
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Marinette, WI, USA | 31 December 1919 | Son of Harry Ralph and Anna [Parthie] Perkins. |
Enlisted |
Wausau, WI | 18 October 1941 | Wausau, Wisconsin |
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. |
Other Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 1 August 1943 | 343rd BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |
Buried |
Forest Home Cemetery Marinette, Marinette County, WI | Forest Home Cemetery Marinette, Marinette County Wisconsin, USA. |