Richard Pazder
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
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
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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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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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