Luther H Richmond

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Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. media-377028.jpg FRE 331 Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 331 - Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base,...

Prisoner of War - crashed near Vechta on 15 Apr 44 in P-51 43-7196.

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Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.

42-8412

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Sweetie
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron 61st Fighter Squadron

43-7196

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

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Prisoner of War

Belgium 15 April 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4066 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Luther H Richmond: Gallery (3 items)

Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond's P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie". Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond, Crew Chief Staff Sergeant Schoonmaker and Assistant Crew Chief Sergeant Mathew were part of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. Probably taken at Bodney air base, where the 352nd Fighter Group where stationed between July 1943 and November 1945.

Object number: FRE 328 - Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond's P-47...

Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.

Object number: FRE 331 - Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with...

Pilots of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, in front of P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie" at Bodney air base in March 1944. Left to right, top row: Lieutenant Woodrow W. Anderson, Lieutenant Stanley G. Miles, Lieutenant Frank A. Cutler, Lieutenant Martin E. Corcoran, Lieutenant Donald Y. Whinnem. Left to right, middle row: Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond, Captain Stephen W. Andrew, Lieutenant Thomas W. Colby, Lieutenant Henry J. Miklajyck, Captain Edward

Object number: FRE 333 - Pilots of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd...