[WhiskeyPapa]

Five medal of Honors came out of that raid. Most dcorated mission in history.

The leader of the Ploesti raid got lost and took a wrong turn, didn't he? ;-). He still got the MOH. I saw where General Leon Johnson passed away recently at the age of 94.

Walt

[Blessed]

The leader of the Ploesti raid got lost and took a wrong turn, didn't he? ;-). He still got the MOH. I saw where General Leon Johnson passed away recently at the age of 94.

My dad was in Gen. Johnson's group.They hit their target but had heavy AAA because the group that got lost hit their target first. Johnson got the Medal for going in anyway.If you have seen the picture associated with this raid that shows a B24 coming ot of the smoke with two smokestacks in the background, my dad always believed that was his plane.They made it away from target but had to jump and spent 18 months in a Rumanion POW camp.