Richard A Rann

Military
media-30714.jpeg UPL 30714 Capt Dick Rann 356th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Object Number - UPL 30714 - Capt Dick Rann 356th FG

Joined RCAF 11/14/41. Received wings and Commission on 19th birthday Oct 1942. Immediately sent to England, flew Miles Masters and Hurricanes until transferred to USAAF as a 1st Lt. 7/14/43. Checked out in P-47s at Shrewsbury, Eng. Arrived at Martlesham Heath 11/12/43 by train & truck. Finished 1st tour 5/11/44, home for 30 days leave, so I missed D-Day, returned to MH 8/3/44 as SQ OPS officer. Appointed Sq. Co. (temp) 10-11/44 and assigned C. O. 11/24/44. Shot down by ground fire 2/25/45 in A/C #44-15271. Evaded a week then captured, released from prison camp 3 Apr 45. Arrived home on 60 days leave on 1 May. Met my future wife 2 May. Resigned my commission as a Major on 31 July 1945. Got married on 18 Aug and started college 1 Sept. Turned 22 on 22 Oct 45.



359 FS SQ CO Sept 44-Oct 44 & 24 Nov 44-25 Feb 45.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-15028

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Red Dog Dotty
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 359th Fighter Squadron

44-15271

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron

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Born

Perry, Michigan 22 October 1923

Died

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9 October 2014

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12739 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self, ESCORT, MACR 12739

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