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CO | 41-23717 | 8 | 93 | 330 | ~ | H | 01-2 | NARA |
Port (Left) Side -
Lost on Operation TIDAL WAVE, 1 Aug 43, Ploesti Romania -
MACR 334 - Pilot Hugh
R. Roper
Featured in "Liberators
in England in World War II"
Info Contributor - James A. Leddy
| (L-R) 1Lt. Hugh R. Roper - Oak City, UT - Pilot 1Lt. Walter T. Stewart - Benjamin, UT - Co-Pilot 1Lt. J. B. White - Hillsboro, IL - Navigator 1Lt. Ted Brannon - Philadelphia, PA - Bombardier |
T/Sgt H. C. Lloyd - Flint, MI - Radio Operator T/Sgt Albert L. Lee - Little Rock, AR - Tail Gunner T/Sgt Joseph L. Craighead - Bedford, VA - Waist Gunner S/Sgt Earl P. Lemoine - Motorville, LA - Eng/Top Turret Gunner S/Sgt William A. Defreese - Anniston, AL - Waist Gunner |
Info Contributor - Hugh R.
Roper
I was named after the Pilot (Hugh Rawlin Roper) who died
returning from the '43 Ploesti mission.
Info Contributor - Chris
Gregg
Transferred from 329th BS (RCL = P) to 330th BS
(RCL = H) mid-to-late Mar 43
First 330th BS mission 1 May 43
Changed to RCL = H once it was in North Africa for the Ploesti mission
Lost in mid-air collision returning from Ploesti 1 Aug 43
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