Richard W Andrews
Military
Personal Photo collection
Object Number - UPL 38200 - 1st Lt. Lloyd L. Burns and crew, 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron.
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Returned from Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. Returned to Duty (RTD) MACR 6983
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
http://www.379thbga.org/war_stories_ANDREWS.htm
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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: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14079510 / O-810816
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heavenly Body II
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Canvey Point
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Baled out RTD |
Canvey Island | 19 June 1944 | Returned from Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. RTD MACR 6983 |
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Born |
Melrone Park, Illinois, USA | ||
| Haddonfield, NJ | Haddonfield, New Jersey | ||
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Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28680852?terms=42-97942
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Volume 2: November 1942-July 1945
http://www.379thbga.org/war_stories_ANDREWS.htm
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6983 / MACR 6983; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
