NAME TP - M# SER - BLK - MF

SERIAL #

AF

BG

BS

SC RCL/# V#-P

PHOTO CREDITS

MATERNITY WARD

B

-

24

D

-

85

-

CO

42-40663

9 98 345 ~ P 00-1

N/A

Lost on Operation TIDAL WAVE, 1 Aug 43, Ploesti Romania - MACR 224 - Pilot John V. Ward
Featured in "Maternity Ward"

Info Contributor - Chris Gregg
Shot down by fighters over the Ionian Sea on return from Ploesti. Eight killed, two taken POW.

Info Contributor - Myles Anderson
My Father, Lt. Andrew L. "Andy" Anderson, Co-Piloted MATERNITY WARD with Pilot John Ward, and were the only two survivors after being shot down in the Ionian Sea.

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