THE INTERNATIONAL B-24 MEMORIAL MUSEUM
"Sky Scorpions"
389th
Bombombardment Group (Heavy)
Dec. 1942
564th, 565th, 566th, 567th
HETHEL ENGLAND Jun. 1943.
DETACHED TO NORTH AFRICA. BENGHAZI, LIBYA June 43
For Ploesti, Rumania low level mission and supported invasion Sicily.
RETURNED ENGLAND Aug, 1943.
TO NORTH AFRICA, TUNIS. Sept. 1943.
RETURNED ENGLAND Oct. 1943.
CAMPAIGNS
American Theater; Air Combat, EAME theater; Air Offensive, Europe; Sicily; Ploesti;
Naples-Foggia;
Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.
*** AWARDS ***
Distinguished Unit Citation for Ploesti, 1 Aug. 1943.
Medal of Honor awarded 2Lt. Lloyd Hughes. 1 Aug. 43 KIA
