Bombardier 2nd/Lt. Robert G. Ward KIA
Hometown: Omaha Nebraska
Squadron: 330th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service # O-734854
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot Milton Teltser POW
Ploesti
Target:White 2 (Concordia Vega) & White 3 (Unirea Sepranta)
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40613
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "PUDGY"
Location: Forced landing due to fire near Ogrezeni.
Cause:German Fighter 6 KIA 5 POW
Lt. Ward lost his life in " Operation Tidal Wave " one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Traveling Circus attacks the Concordia-Vega oil refinery. The 93rd earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
PUDGY Crew
2nd/Lt. Robert G. Ward
2Lt Sanford A. Reback
T/Sgt. Wallace D. Milligan
T/Sgt Bernard A. Higgins
S/Sgt Richard R. Murray
S/Sgt. Vance Taylor
Hometown: Omaha Nebraska
Squadron: 330th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service # O-734854
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot Milton Teltser POW
Ploesti
Target:White 2 (Concordia Vega) & White 3 (Unirea Sepranta)
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40613
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "PUDGY"
Location: Forced landing due to fire near Ogrezeni.
Cause:German Fighter 6 KIA 5 POW
Lt. Ward lost his life in " Operation Tidal Wave " one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Traveling Circus attacks the Concordia-Vega oil refinery. The 93rd earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
PUDGY Crew
2nd/Lt. Robert G. Ward
2Lt Sanford A. Reback
T/Sgt. Wallace D. Milligan
T/Sgt Bernard A. Higgins
S/Sgt Richard R. Murray
S/Sgt. Vance Taylor
Bombardier 2nd/Lt. Robert G. Ward KIA
Hometown: Omaha Nebraska
Squadron: 330th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service # O-734854
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot Milton Teltser POW
Ploesti
Target:White 2 (Concordia Vega) & White 3 (Unirea Sepranta)
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40613
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "PUDGY"
Location: Forced landing due to fire near Ogrezeni.
Cause:German Fighter 6 KIA 5 POW
Lt. Ward lost his life in " Operation Tidal Wave " one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Traveling Circus attacks the Concordia-Vega oil refinery. The 93rd earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
PUDGY Crew
2nd/Lt. Robert G. Ward
2Lt Sanford A. Reback
T/Sgt. Wallace D. Milligan
T/Sgt Bernard A. Higgins
S/Sgt Richard R. Murray
S/Sgt. Vance Taylor
Hometown: Omaha Nebraska
Squadron: 330th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service # O-734854
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot Milton Teltser POW
Ploesti
Target:White 2 (Concordia Vega) & White 3 (Unirea Sepranta)
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40613
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "PUDGY"
Location: Forced landing due to fire near Ogrezeni.
Cause:German Fighter 6 KIA 5 POW
Lt. Ward lost his life in " Operation Tidal Wave " one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Traveling Circus attacks the Concordia-Vega oil refinery. The 93rd earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
PUDGY Crew
2nd/Lt. Robert G. Ward
2Lt Sanford A. Reback
T/Sgt. Wallace D. Milligan
T/Sgt Bernard A. Higgins
S/Sgt Richard R. Murray
S/Sgt. Vance Taylor
Inscription
Nebraska 2nd Lieut 330 AAF Bomb SQ WWII
Gravesite Details
Date of Interment 6 4 1949
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