Richard Pazder

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 18TCS, 64TCG, USAAF. Navigator aboard C-47 41-7803 crashed at Moel y Gaer mountain 23-Aug-42. Died Non Battle (DNB).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group
  • Service Numbers: 17025843 / O-433764
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, IL, USA 14 January 1917 Son of Sigmund Pazder.

Enlisted

3601 S Gaffey St, San Pedro, CA 90731, USA 3 May 1941 Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California

Died

Coed Moel-Y-Gaer, Denbigh LL16, UK 23 August 1942 Navigator aboard C-47 41-7803 crashed at Moel y Gaer mountain 23-Aug-42. Died Non Battle (DNB).

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery 25 August 1942 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot F Row 5 Grave 75
San Bernardino, CA, USA Student at Redlands University San Bernardino, California

Based

Prestwick 23 August 1942 Assigned to 18TCS, 64TCG, USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Sources

Removed association to 8th Air Force. Unit did not exist under this designation until February 1944

62nd Troop Carrier Group was a part of VIII Ground Air Support Command

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 27