Richard Gaskell

Military

Richard Gaskell was Pilot of B-17G #42-31191 'Virginia Lee' on the 27 March 1943 mission to Bordeaux/Merignac airfield. Hit by German fighters, crash-landed on the beach at Le Porge-Océan, near Laruau (Gironde), France. Made Prisoner of War (POW)

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Thomas Andrew Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19124303
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Glenn Clark Underwood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17164737
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Wilbur Edward Volz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36448133
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Raymond Leo Walsh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-704623
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

9 January 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

27 March 1944 captured shortly after crash-landing in the Gironde Department, France.

Born

Massachusetts

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
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Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Reports E&E 2062, 2063 and 2064
NOTE : The crew didn't bale out. All 10 left the plane after crash-landing !

Date
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3546 / MACR 3546, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database