United States Army Air Corps First Lieutenant Murphy, B-24 Bomber Pilot from the 343rd Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomb Group was killed in action along with 7 of his crew on the Ploiesti raid on Romanian oil refineries.
The Operation (Tidalwave) is costly, 54 planes and 532 airmen are lost during the raid. The refineries' output was greatly curtailed, and five Medals of Honor were awarded, the most for any single American military action.
Waterloo Daily Courier
Waterloo, Iowa
Sun. Aug. 6, 1950
Greene Pilot Reburied in US
Sumner, Ia.--Joint reburial services for Lt. Lawrence E. Murphy and four other U.S. air force fliers who were killed in action in World War II were conducted at Knoxville, Tenn., Thursday.
Lieutenant Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Murphy of Sumner, was killed in action when his plane was shot down in a raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Romania Aug. 1, 1943.
The bodies of the men were returned to the United States together for reburial. The five men had first been buried at Ploesti and later at the National Memorial services for Lieutenant Murphy were conducted here Aug. 27, 1944.
Lieutenant Murphy enlisted in the army air force in January, 1942, and received his commission as a second lieutenant in October of the same year.
He left this country April 23, 1943, and arrived in Cairo, Egypt, May 18, 1943.
Lieutenant Murphy participated in 23 missions and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission on which he was killed.
His parents received his Air Medal and three Oak Leaf clusters during an official ceremony at Cedar Falls in December, 1943.
In addition to his parents, three brothers, Maurice, Thomas and James, survive.
The Operation (Tidalwave) is costly, 54 planes and 532 airmen are lost during the raid. The refineries' output was greatly curtailed, and five Medals of Honor were awarded, the most for any single American military action.
Waterloo Daily Courier
Waterloo, Iowa
Sun. Aug. 6, 1950
Greene Pilot Reburied in US
Sumner, Ia.--Joint reburial services for Lt. Lawrence E. Murphy and four other U.S. air force fliers who were killed in action in World War II were conducted at Knoxville, Tenn., Thursday.
Lieutenant Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Murphy of Sumner, was killed in action when his plane was shot down in a raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Romania Aug. 1, 1943.
The bodies of the men were returned to the United States together for reburial. The five men had first been buried at Ploesti and later at the National Memorial services for Lieutenant Murphy were conducted here Aug. 27, 1944.
Lieutenant Murphy enlisted in the army air force in January, 1942, and received his commission as a second lieutenant in October of the same year.
He left this country April 23, 1943, and arrived in Cairo, Egypt, May 18, 1943.
Lieutenant Murphy participated in 23 missions and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission on which he was killed.
His parents received his Air Medal and three Oak Leaf clusters during an official ceremony at Cedar Falls in December, 1943.
In addition to his parents, three brothers, Maurice, Thomas and James, survive.
United States Army Air Corps First Lieutenant Murphy, B-24 Bomber Pilot from the 343rd Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomb Group was killed in action along with 7 of his crew on the Ploiesti raid on Romanian oil refineries.
The Operation (Tidalwave) is costly, 54 planes and 532 airmen are lost during the raid. The refineries' output was greatly curtailed, and five Medals of Honor were awarded, the most for any single American military action.
Waterloo Daily Courier
Waterloo, Iowa
Sun. Aug. 6, 1950
Greene Pilot Reburied in US
Sumner, Ia.--Joint reburial services for Lt. Lawrence E. Murphy and four other U.S. air force fliers who were killed in action in World War II were conducted at Knoxville, Tenn., Thursday.
Lieutenant Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Murphy of Sumner, was killed in action when his plane was shot down in a raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Romania Aug. 1, 1943.
The bodies of the men were returned to the United States together for reburial. The five men had first been buried at Ploesti and later at the National Memorial services for Lieutenant Murphy were conducted here Aug. 27, 1944.
Lieutenant Murphy enlisted in the army air force in January, 1942, and received his commission as a second lieutenant in October of the same year.
He left this country April 23, 1943, and arrived in Cairo, Egypt, May 18, 1943.
Lieutenant Murphy participated in 23 missions and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission on which he was killed.
His parents received his Air Medal and three Oak Leaf clusters during an official ceremony at Cedar Falls in December, 1943.
In addition to his parents, three brothers, Maurice, Thomas and James, survive.
The Operation (Tidalwave) is costly, 54 planes and 532 airmen are lost during the raid. The refineries' output was greatly curtailed, and five Medals of Honor were awarded, the most for any single American military action.
Waterloo Daily Courier
Waterloo, Iowa
Sun. Aug. 6, 1950
Greene Pilot Reburied in US
Sumner, Ia.--Joint reburial services for Lt. Lawrence E. Murphy and four other U.S. air force fliers who were killed in action in World War II were conducted at Knoxville, Tenn., Thursday.
Lieutenant Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Murphy of Sumner, was killed in action when his plane was shot down in a raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Romania Aug. 1, 1943.
The bodies of the men were returned to the United States together for reburial. The five men had first been buried at Ploesti and later at the National Memorial services for Lieutenant Murphy were conducted here Aug. 27, 1944.
Lieutenant Murphy enlisted in the army air force in January, 1942, and received his commission as a second lieutenant in October of the same year.
He left this country April 23, 1943, and arrived in Cairo, Egypt, May 18, 1943.
Lieutenant Murphy participated in 23 missions and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission on which he was killed.
His parents received his Air Medal and three Oak Leaf clusters during an official ceremony at Cedar Falls in December, 1943.
In addition to his parents, three brothers, Maurice, Thomas and James, survive.
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