Name:
Rube J., Jr. Waits
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
31313507
Unit:
760th Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-06-30
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Plot:
G
Row:
Grave:
6338-A
Decoration:
Comments:
On a B-24 Liberator participating in a mission to bomb an oil refinery in Blechammer, Germany when the plane was shot down by German aircraft and crashed into a swampy area near Nemesvita, Hungary beside Lake Balaton on 30 Jun 44. The airplane was returning to its base in Italy.