Raymond M Close
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
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 |