Richard J Aarvig

Military

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A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pontiac, IL 61764, USA 16 April 1922

Died

Pontiac, IL 61764, USA 23 September 2013

Buried

Odell, IL 60460, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorDeemax
Changes
Sources

Pontiac Daily Leader Sept. 24, 2013

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Coleman personal account, History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia