Military
Robert Mooney crew, Lowery Field, Denver, Colorado. 389BG. Rear L-R: Charles E Garrett, Eugene P Spencer, Alex Lubin, Elvin H Henderson, Eber G Ayers, Aaron P Leibowitz. Front L-R: Robert C Mooney, James F Gerrits, John D Wilson, Rockly Triantafellu.
Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'Hitler's Hearse' 42-40544 1-Aug-43; pilot killed by flak, C/P landed A/C in Izmir, Turkey, Interned INT
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY with 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40544 'Hitler's Hearse'. A/C and crew interned Izmir, Turkey. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: DSC, AM, PH.
Group
The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
Squadron
567th Bombardment Squadron, 24 December 1942 - 13 September 1945
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B-24 Liberator
Failed To Return - Ploesti oil refinery raid, 1st Aug 1943, landed near Izmir, Turkey, pilot Robert C Mooney, crew interned.
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...
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| Born | Wayne County, IL | 2 September 1923 |
| Lived in | Wilmington, IL | 1941 |
| Based | 1943 – 1 August 1943 | |
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Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Interned | İzmir, Turkey | 1 August 1943 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'Hitler's Hearse' 42-40544 1-Aug-43; pilot killed by flak, C/P landed A/C in Izmir, Turkey, Interned INT |
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| 18 February 2021 16:03:11 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events and unit associations |
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| 15 November 2019 12:48:30 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography |
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| 15 November 2019 12:48:07 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to role, biography, events and unit associations |
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İzmir, Turkey |
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| 15 March 2015 19:40:47 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, events, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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AAM Database. |
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| 27 September 2014 18:08:04 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I p. 223 , 389th BG Roster |
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