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Aviation Cadet Ralph Frederick "Sonny" Perkins
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.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
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,...
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 | Marinette, WI, USA | 31 December 1919 |
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Son of Harry Ralph and Anna [Parthie] Perkins. |
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| Enlisted | Wausau, WI | 18 October 1941 |
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Wausau, Wisconsin |
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| Assigned | Benghazi, Libya | 1943 – 1 August 1943 |
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343rd BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |
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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 | Forest Home Cemetery Marinette, Marinette County, WI | 1948 |
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Forest Home Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 June 2021 15:19:54 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, person associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310952158 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 23 February 2018 02:20:50 | decwriter | Changes to awards |
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Received DFC for his actions on the 1 Aug 1943 Ploesti raid. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 February 2017 18:52:01 | millebr | Changes to middlename, nickname and unit associations |
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Arizona, County Marriages; Ancestry.com - Family Trees; Fold3.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 April 2015 19:17:52 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, suffix, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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http://usaafdata.com / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com / MACR 170 / http://www.findagrave.com |
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