NAME | TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
EXTERMINATOR |
B |
- |
24 |
D | - |
1 | - |
CO | 41-23717 | 8 | 93 | 329 | ~ | P | 01-6 |
N/A |
Starboard (Right) Side - "Tail Shot"
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"
Contributor - Anthony Gaster
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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