Richard C Monroe Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 19357
LT Richard C. Monroe
Bombardier
Crew #411 - Alan Strom Crew
Lt. Monroe was KIA on 8 April 1944 466th Bomb Group collection
Bombardier
Crew #411 - Alan Strom Crew
Lt. Monroe was KIA on 8 April 1944 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Archives
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 41-29422 'Rebel Yell. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 751206
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rebel Yell
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX, USA | 2 July 1942 | |
Other Killed in action |
Brunswick, Germany | 8 April 1944 | He was manning the nose turret at the time the a/c was attacked by fighters. The attach set an engine on fire and caused a gas leak, which caused the whole wing to catch fire. I have talked to all members of my crew but no one has any concrete information as to what happened to the bombardier Richard C. Monroe. At the time the ship was hit and caught fire. I talked to the bombardier over inter-comm and he was perfectly coherent, to my knowledge, he had not been wounded. After the navigator helped him on with his chest pack (he had been firing the nose gun) he picked up a large walk-around oxygen bottle and fastened it to his oxygen mask. Whether he wanted to take a couple of deep breaths of oxygene before jumping or intended to jump with the bottle, I do not know. Shortly after he nudged the navigator and indicated to him to jump. We presumed he followed - no one else use the nose escape hatch so there was no further way of checking to see if he actually left the plane. If he jumped with the large walk-around bottle held in front of him it may have impaired his chest chute from opening properly or the force of opening may have thrown the bottle back toward his face and even broken his neck, but not one member of the crew saw him after leaving the plane." Statement from 2nd Lt Allan H. Strom, Pilot. The Germans told the crewmembers that they saw a hand in the wreckage and because 2nd Lt Monroe was the only crew member who was still missing, indicates that he did perish either in the crash or the fire of the ship.e time the aircraft was hit. " |
Buried |
Tablet of the Missing | ||
Born |
Long Beach, CA, USA |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 3841;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- 466th BG Historian
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3841