Richard W Britt
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 ''Chattanooga Choo Choo" 42-40782.
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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
- Nicknames: Chattanooga Choo Choo, Shoot, Fritz. Youre Faded
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Villa Park, Illinois |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History MACR 755