Guy P Cheney
MilitaryTook part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator #41-23809.
Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-24 #42-40769 'Iron Ass', Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Belgium | 1 December 1943 | |
Born |
Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2185 / MACR 2185 & p230 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, D790.A2S45 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database