Richard J Collins
MilitaryAssigned to 791BS, 467BG, 8AF USAAF. B-24 AC 4252424 'JACK THE RIPPER II' crashed at Manston after mission to Lille, France. Group mission No. 89. Killed in Action (KIA).
"B-24 'Jack The Ripper II' piloted by Lieutenant L. W. Barry crash landed in England"
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 790th Bomb Squadron 791st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19181548 / O-55877
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Jack the Ripper II
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 791st Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Manston, UK | 3 August 1944 | Crashed at Manston after mission to Lille, France. Group mission No. 89. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
4 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot A Row 1 Grave 10 | |
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Born |
Michigan | ||
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Based |
Rackheath | 3 August 1944 | Assigned to 791BS, 467BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement, p. 293 & Watts book p 136 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia