Richard Floyd Phillippy
Military
Courtesy of Dennis Lithander
Object Number - UPL 50231 - Aiken Crew "Bomber's Moon) and Lithander Crew (Pregnant Peggy) Memorial Plaque. (location: crash site in Germany) Courtesy of Dennis Lithander
Assigned to 847BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Lost control due to propwash from lead aircraft and pancaked onto B-24 42-94903 'Bombers Moon', both A/C fell out of the sky. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9636.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33638093
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36656922
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron 847th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19129560 / O-709220
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pregnant Peggy
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Palmyra, Pennsylvania, USA | 1 February 1925 | Son of Irvin Jacob and Elizabeth Grace [Walmer] Phillippy. |
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Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA, USA | 25 January 1943 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 19 October 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Baled out |
67480 Edenkoben, Germany | 19 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Lost control due to propwash from lead aircraft and pancaked onto B-24 42-94903 'Bombers Moon', both A/C fell out of the sky. POW. MACR 9636. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
30 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Palmyra, PA 17078, USA | 9 July 1994 | |
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Buried |
Grand View Memorial Park Annville Lebanon County PA | 12 July 1994 | Grand View Memorial Park Annville Lebanon County Pennsylvania, USA |
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Based |
Halesworth | 19 October 1944 | Assigned to 847BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Lebanon County, PA, USA |