Richard Michael Osbourne Sr
Military28 missions.
Shot down near Fecasp 13-Aug-44 in B-24 #42-50572, Prisoner of War (POW).
DFC/AM/PH
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Albany, Georgia, USA | 17 August 1924 | |
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Died |
Mount Pleasant,South Carolina, USA | 26 March 2001 | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Cremated, ashes in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Austria | 13 August 1944 | Interned in POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Revisions
Removed the "Possible DUPLICATE" flag in the Nickname field and then removed the duplicate person.
Updated his middle name and the Born & Died events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 124456952.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124456952/richard-michael-osbourne
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "down" was misspelled.
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
SOURCE: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?s=644&dt=466&b…
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7917 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; brother; MACR 7917