Richard Dwight Morehead

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Part of Leve crew. 6 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-17 42-31233 20-Dec-43; A/C hit by Me110 launched rockets. Crashed near Bremen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1707.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Franklin Leve

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32147184 / O-797564
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31233

42-31233

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wellsville, Ohio, USA 11 January 1918 Son of Dwight E and Nona [Zoellers] Morehead.

Enlisted

Cleveland, OH 21 January 1941 Cleveland, Ohio

Died

Bremen, Germany 20 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-17 42-31233 20-Dec-43; A/C hit by Me110 launched rockets. Crashed near Bremen. KIA MACR 1707

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Molesworth 20 December 1943 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Spring Hill Cemetery Wellsville, Columbiana County, OH Re-Interred Spring Hill Cemetery Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1707 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database