Raymond M Close

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF. Claude Jones crew. Failed to Return (FTR) night mission to Chateau Ribeacourt, France 8-Jul-44; exploded mid air due to night fighter Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6623



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14030762 / O-530745
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Pickled Dilly
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Summit County, OH 18 April 1920 Son of Albert Scott and Bertha Pearl [Uber] Close.

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH 29 January 1942 Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Died

Abbeville, FR 8 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) night mission to Chateau Ribeacourt, France 8-Jul-44; exploded mid air due to night fighter KIA MACR 6623

Buried

Amiens, FR 9 July 1944 Amiens cemetery, France

Based

Killed in Action (KIA) (?)

Andrews Field 8 July 2044 Assigned to 322BS, 451BG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot B Row 6 Grave 23

Revisions

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Sources

451 BS Assoc, B-26 memorials guide / 9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association)