Richard Oren McCarthy
Military ROLL OF HONOURRichard McCarthy was Tail Gunner on board B-24 # 42-52335 "Admirable Little Character", hit by German fighters on 25 April 1944. After bailing out, his chute got entangled in either a wing or the tail of the Liberator and Richard went down with the plane, which crashed in Ponthion, Marne Department, France. Killed In Action (KIA)
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37314739
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12073349 at enlistment, then O-810224
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32557920
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18119298
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
27 July 1924 | Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania | |
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Enlisted |
28 January 1943 | Utica, New York | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
25 April 1944 | in the crash of B-24 # 42-52335 "Admirable Little Character” in Ponthion, Marne Departement, France (his parachute got caught on a wing or the tail and he went down with the plane) | |
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Buried |
26 April 1944 | most probably in the cemetery of Brusson, a small village next to Ponthion | |
| Apex, Delaware County, New York | |||
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Buried |
after the liberation of the area, he was re-buried in the Temporary American Cemetery #3515 at Champigneul-Champagne, SW of Reims, France | ||
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Buried |
at the Temporary American Cemetery in Epinal, France | ||
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Buried |
after the war, his remains were brought back to the USA, where they rest at the Paige Cemetery in Downsville, Delaware County, New York |
Revisions
MACR 4342
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII Enlistment records
VA Gravesite locator
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/78247755/richard-o_-mccarthy
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4342 & Page 279 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &
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