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"(Ted's) Traveling Circus"
93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy)
01 Mar. 1941
Squadrons: 328th, 329th, 330th and 409th

HARDWICK ENGLAND Dec. 42.
TDY DETACHED to NORTH AFRICA. Dec. 42
RETURNED ENGLAND Feb. 1943.

DETACHED to NORTH AFRICA Jun. 43.

For Ploesti low level mission and supported invasion, Sicily

TO ENGLAND Aug 1943.

DETACHED to NORTH AFRICA Sept. 43.

TO ENGLAND. Oct. 1943

 

CAMPAIGNS

Anti-sub, American Theater; Air Combat, EAME theater; EGYPT-Libya, Air Offensive, Europe; Sicily; Ploesti, Naples-Foggia; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.

 

*** AWARDS ***

Distinguished Unit Citation
North Africa 17th Dec. 42 - 20th Feb. 43
Ploesti Rumania 1st Aug. 43

 

Medal of Honor

Lt. Col Addison Baker. Ploesti 1 Aug 43 KIA
Major John Jerstad. Ploesti 1 Aug 43 KIA