George L Green
MilitaryJoined Sqd 8/3/42.
ETO/Flight Echelon 10/2/42.
DS/Bengahzi 6/26/43.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23813.
Completed tour 8/22/43.
Returned to base 8/22/43.
Returned to ZOI 8/24/43.
Pilot: Holmes.
Fw 190 damaged 1/27/43. Me 202 destroyed 7/17/43.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Victory Ship
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd