Richard J Gilbert

Military

Presumably shot down by flak on a mission to Bernburg, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39857 'Belle of the Ball'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39857

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Highland Park, Illinois

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2656, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces