Richard D McCord

Military

media-52828.jpeg UPL 52828 1st Lt Richard McCord, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52828 - 1st Lt Richard McCord, 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat mission. Flew B-17 'Ice Cold Katy'.

Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

612th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Marvin Clarence H Abraham

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36215923 / O-692248
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Irwin Louis Dobrow

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12164941 / O-761413
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Elroy Edmonds

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 34605576
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Charles Claude Kirkman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39693764
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

John R McMurray

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-887085
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-107039

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Ice Cold Katy
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Washington DC	21 December 1922
Died	Apopka, FL	3 March 1998
Buried	Edgewood-Greenwood Cemetery Apopka, Orange County, FL	6 March 1998	Edgewood-Greenwood Cemetery Apopka, Orange County, Florida
Based	Deenethorpe		Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date4 Nov 2021 20:23:58

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/312803850
https://www.fold3.com/image/312802922
https://www.fold3.com/record/79575292/richard-d-mccord-social-security-…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=60
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40183118/richard-d-mccord

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:28

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=60

Richard D McCord: Gallery (3 items)

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Object number: UPL 52828 - 1st Lt Richard McCord, 401BG.

Object number: UPL 52840 - McCord and McMurray share a handshake upon...