Richard F Baribault
Military
Object Number - UPL 23332 - 1st Lt. Richard F. Baribault 343FS, 55FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 15 missions, bomber escort, targets of opportunity -- locomotive and train destruction. 1 kill, 1 probable and 1 damaged [Air] also 1 destroyed, 1 damaged [Ground].
Awards: AM (OLC), EAME (2 Bronze), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36100986
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11038165
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic / Engine Mechanic
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37384442
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New Haven, Connecticut | 11 February 1924 | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 23 March 1945 | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | ||
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
| New Haven, CT, USA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster / self
