Richard E Frye
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 15 February 1943 in B-24D 41-23794 'Railway Express' while serving as Tail Gunner his aircraft was damaged by flak over the target of Dunkirk, France and crashed into the English Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
Connections
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Railway Express
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Palo Alto, California | ||
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Dunkirk, France | 15 February 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was damaged by flak over the target of Dunkirk, France and crashed into the sea. His remains have never been recovered. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 17-Feb-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 16001; Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connection to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16003 / MACR 16003, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p.76, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy p.47 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database