Richard E Fletcher
Military
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UPL 36913
"Menzel's crew of the 8th AF's 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their base in England, 20 July 1944."
Rear L-R: 1Lt Arnold Raymond Menzel, 1Lt Charles P Bagley, Lt Frederick Thomas Nissen, 1Lt Norman Edward Kottke, T/Sgt William B Sutton
Front L-R: T/Sgt James S O'Doherty, S/Sgt Richard E Fletcher, S/Sgt Robert W Craver, S/Sgt John L Zasa
Rear L-R: 1Lt Arnold Raymond Menzel, 1Lt Charles P Bagley, Lt Frederick Thomas Nissen, 1Lt Norman Edward Kottke, T/Sgt William B Sutton
Front L-R: T/Sgt James S O'Doherty, S/Sgt Richard E Fletcher, S/Sgt Robert W Craver, S/Sgt John L Zasa
Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Zeitz in B-17 43-38463 ; Shot down. 30-Nov-44. Wounded in left leg by shrapnel, captured, being transferred to hospital at Hildburghausen, where his leg was amputated above the knee. Returned to Military control 1-Mar-45. MACR 11145
Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN | 27 September 1941 | |
Other Baled out EVD |
Zeitz, Germany | 30 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Zeitz in B-17 43-38463 ; Shot down. 30-Nov-44. EVD. MACR 11145 |
Other Prisoner transfer |
30 November 1944 - 1 March 1945 | Returned to Military control from missing in action 1-Mar-45. | |
Born |
Vincennes, Indiana | Son of Mary C Fletcher | |
Based |
Nuthampstead | 30 November 1944 | Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Decorated |
Nuthampstead, UK | Awarded air medal, July 1944. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11145