Richard Kashishian
MilitaryCourtney R Daniels (pilot)
William O Jennings Jr (co-pilot)
Thomas E Buchanan (flight engineer)
Elmer Gergley (ball turret / left waist gunner)
Clarence W Grimm (nose gunner)
Paul W Stoutsenberger (bombardier)
William Harben (radio operator)
Joseph J Schmidt (right waist gunner)
Richard Kashishian (mickey operator)
Steve W Bialas (crew chief)
Removed missions associations not depicted in the image.
Richard Kashishian served as a flight engineer/top turret gunner with the 34th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Mendlesham, England.
After the war, he worked for many years for Bell in Philadelphia. He was also a keen collector of shells and gemstones as well as an excellent gardener.
Information about Richard's mother, Louisa Terkian Kashishian, added to her Findagrave record by user 'PaulS':
'Her family was uprooted from their home in Ankara during the Armenian Genocide of 1915, her father also died around that time. They fled to Constantinople where through contacts she became introduced to Benjamin Kashishian of Philadelphia. He sponsored her to come to America and married her. Sometime later, Benjamin also arranged for Louisa's sister Marie to come as a bride for his brother Roupen. Marie traded in her first class ticket in order to get a second steerage ticket to bring a third sister Tacouhi with them. Thus Louisa and Marie married twin brothers and their children were double cousins.'
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Daniels
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron 332nd Bomb Squadron 4th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, PA, USA | 18 April 1925 | |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA, USA | 21 July 1943 | |
Died |
Pennsylvania, USA | 16 February 2008 | |
Buried |
Drexel Hill, Upper Darby, PA, USA | In Arlington Cemetery |
Revisions
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
Richard Kashishian's Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24899441
Louise/Louisa Kashishian's Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6051455
1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia