William Wallace Richards Jr

Military
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Object Number - UPL 23003

Flew 32 ETO Combat Missions as Lead Navigator & Squadron Navigator from Dec '43 to Dec'44

DFC, Air Medal w/4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, EAME Medal w 6/bronze stars

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

6 November 1919

Died

10 July 1994

Buried

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an "O-" to the S/N to aid clarity & consistency.

Added an Association to “Bungay”, the home base of the 446th BG.

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the middle name field to the suffix field.

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William W Richards II (son) and saved records of my father.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Page 386 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)

William Wallace Richards: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 23004 - ETO Combat Record of William W Richards Jr.