Richard Hugh Vader
MilitaryAssigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30727. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
Connections
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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: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14078966 / O-793717
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fightin Bitin
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Baldwinsville, New York | 15 November 1919 | BornBaldwinsville, New York |
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Enlisted |
Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York | 12 February 1942 | EnlistedCamp Upton, Yaphank, New York |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag XVIIb, Krems an der Austria | 14 October 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag XVIIb, Krems an der Austria |
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Died |
Gainesville, Florida | 18 April 1996 | DiedGainesville, Florida |
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Buried |
Greenlawn Cemetery Warners, New York | 21 April 1996 | InterredGreenlawn CemeteryWarners, New York |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/9847931/richard-h-vader-us-social-security-death-index
https://www.fold3.com/record/86081382/richard-h-vader-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119679633/richard-hugh-vader
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 817, First Over Germany pg. 169, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 817 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database