Richard E Fletcher

Military
media-36913.jpeg 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

Object Number - 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...

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

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron

Places

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

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