Ivan Luther Rice

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Seven men, wearing dress Air Force uniform, posed in front of a building.  Four men standing to the rear and three men kneeling in front.  All the men have Purple Heart medals pinned to their jacket left lapel UPL 66131 UPL 66131 384th Bomb Group Purple Heart Recipients: Standing L-R: Judson L. Dacus, William Russell Harry, Ivan Luther Rice, Edmund S. Goulder. Kneeling L-R: Charles C. Carlin, Bruce T. Haley, Wilbert Y K Yee. William Harry (546th) and Ivan Rice (546th) were wounded on 30 July 1943 flying 42-5848 "Patches". They made it home, but the aircraft was shot up so badly it would be scrapped. Ed Goulder (547th) was wounded on 16 August 1943 on 42-5849 "Hell's Belles II". Carlin (546th) and Yee (546th) were wounded on the 17 August 1943 Schweinfurt mission on 42-30196 "Sad Sack" with the James Armstrong Crew. Dacus (547th) was wounded on 16 August 1943 on 42-5843 “Black Ghost" with the Pulcipher Crew. Haley (547th) was wounded on 12 August 1943 on 42-29768 "Winsome Winn II" with the Willing Crew.
The location where this photo was taken as in front of the Foxy Theatre at Grafton Underwood.
Grafton Underwood William Russell Harry Ivan Luther Rice Judson L Dacus Charles C Carlin Bruce Thomas Haley Wilbert Y K Yee Edmund Samuel Goulder On

Object Number - UPL 66131 - 384th Bomb Group Purple Heart Recipients: Standing L-R: Judson L. Dacus, William Russell Harry, Ivan Luther Rice, Edmund S. Goulder. Kneeling L-R:...

Ivan Rice was a Co-Pilot in the 384th Bomb Group/547th Bomb Squadron.

He was on board B17 42-5848 'Patches' on return from the 30 July 1943 Kassel raid, which landed at Boxted with 6 crew members injured and extensive battle damage.

Shot down on the 14 October 1943 mission to Schweinfurt in B-17 #42-29800 'Me and My Gal'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14090837 and O-673460
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Seven men, wearing dress Air Force uniform, posed in front of a building.  Four men standing to the rear and three men kneeling in front.  All the men have Purple Heart medals pinned to their jacket left lapel
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20323830 and O-515826
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13057282 and O-738710
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12180110
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32140430
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Me An' My Gal
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Detroit, Michigan, United States 25 March 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

in the region of Simmershofen, Germany 14 October 1943

Born

Illinois, United States the son of Luther and Berna Rice
Meredosia, Oakland County, Illinois, United States

Buried

Meredosia, Oakland County, Illinois, United States Initially buried in the municipal cemetery of Iphofen, Germany (about 20km SE of Würzburg); remains transferred to the United States after the war.

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MACR 840
NARA WWI Enlistment records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 840 / MACR 840, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 214, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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