Skip to main content
Edit entry 

Frank A Maruszewski

Military

  • Staff Sergeant Frank Maruszewski and Flight Officer Tom Clifford of the 44th Bomb Group tinker with their equipment. Handwritten caption on reverse (written by Colonel William R Cameron): 'Frank Maruszewski- TG Tom Clifford- Nav. Cameron'

    Staff Sergeant Frank Maruszewski and Flight Officer Tom Clifford of the 44th Bomb Group tinker with their equipment. Handwritten caption on reverse (written by Colonel William R Cameron): 'Frank Maruszewski- TG Tom Clifford- Nav. Cameron'

    Show caption About this image
  •  

Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-24229.

Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down by fighters 16 August 1943. Mission was the Foggia airfields under TDY to the 9th AAF in 41-24229 'Buzzin' Bear'.

Service

Units served with

  • 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs

    44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs

    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...

  • 67th Bomb Squadron

    67th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 41-24229 Buzzin' Bear - Seeds of Satan - Miss Delores

    B-24 Liberator
    The B-24D, 41-24229, last named, Buzzin' Bear, was assigned to the 8th Air Force, the 44th Bomb Group, and the 67th Bomb Squadron in North Africa based at Benghazi Libya. Buzzin' Bear was flown by Col. William Roderick Cameron on Operation Tidal Wave...

Missions

  • Operation Tidal Wave

    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...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Killed in action 16 August 1943
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
13038809
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant
Role/job
Tail Gunner
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
31 January 2020 12:38:48 general ira snapsorter Changes to biography, events and mission associations
Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 44th Bomb Group
Date Contributor Update
15 July 2015 12:44:36 general ira snapsorter Changes to role, biography and events
Sources

Merged with duplicate record to include details from:
the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:09:56 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy pp. 109-112 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Share