Military
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778. 31 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Graduated from the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, Ithaca, in 1950. Joined the partnership of Drs. E.H. Jones and Robert E. Lormore, Lowville, and continued to practice until 1974.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778 'Lady Luck'. 25 x combat missions. Moved up to Group Operations. ETD.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D Liberator bomber, SN #41-23778 renamed 'Lady Luck' from 'Jenny' - Survived Operation Tidal Wave over Ploesti Romania, August 1, 1943.
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B-24 Liberator
B-24 #42-40973 "Battleaxe" 415th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF, flew 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Charles A Sayler, returning safely to Libya.
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B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 66BS, transferred to 67BS, transferred to 506BS all with 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down ?-Mar-44.
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B24D 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 B...
Military site : airfield
Shipdham was built in 1941-1942, the first US heavy bomber airfield in the English county of Norfolk. It was a standard design, with T2-type hangars and a domestic site dispersed to the south east. Improvements were carried out to increase the number...
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| Born | West Turin, Lewis, NY | 8 July 1921 |
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Son of Hugh A and Ethel E [Evans] Markham. |
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| Enlisted | Syracuse, NY | 11 March 1942 |
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Syracuse, New York |
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| Based | Shipdham | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Discharged USAAF | October 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Brantingham, Lewis County, New York, USA | 3 January 2002 |
| Buried | Lowville Rural Cemetery Lowville, Lewis County, NY | 6 January 2002 |
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Lowville Rural Cemetery |
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