Richard Wesley Rimmer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 601BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 26-Nov-44 in B-17 42-102565 'The Ugly Duckling. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

 

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102565

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Ugly Duckling
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA 10 October 1925 Born Lang, Regina, Saskatchewan

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

IJsselmeer, Netherlands 26 November 1944 Killed in Action (KIA) IJsselmeer, Netherlands

Buried

Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia 7 June 1949 Re-Interred Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49360807/richard-w-rimmer

https://legacy.catalog.archives.gov/id/143814383

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Burial event added : http://www.abmc.gov

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database