Richard C Monroe Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-19357.jpeg UPL 19357 LT Richard C. Monroe
Bombardier
Crew #411 - Alan Strom Crew

Lt. Monroe was KIA on 8 April 1944 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 19357 - LT Richard C. Monroe Bombardier Crew #411 - Alan Strom Crew Lt. Monroe was KIA on 8 April 1944

Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 41-29422 'Rebel Yell. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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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

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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3841

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