Name:
Hubert Robin Tardif
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-731694
Unit:
330th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-11
State:
Colorado
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
A
Row:
17
Grave:
32
Decoration:
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Comments:
1st Lt Hubert Robin Tardif, co-pilot of the B-24 Liberator 42-63978 “Lonesome Polecat”, took off from station 104 in Hardwick, Norfolk, UK on a bombing mission over Siracourt’s rocket installations. They were shot down by flak at 0954, crushing two civilians and killing all aboard.