The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt. W.H. Heath Jr. (O-731509) served as bombardier on the August 1, 1943 Ploesti mission with the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.
After the aircraft sustained flak damage and caught fire, his fate was unknown to T/Sgt. Reed. No further information about Heath appears in the report.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Bombardier
Serial Number
O-731509
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 115
01 Aug 1943
Ploesti
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Researcher’s Note
Source lists as "W. H. Heath Jr." -- Junior suffix noted.
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record