Rodolphe Henry Richer
MilitaryShot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Evaded with the help of French civilians and Résistance members - Escape and Evasion Report E&E 255.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32456949
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679057
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39134433 at enlistment, then O-729323
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11085076
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16084794
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Excaliburs revenge
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Charlotte, Vermont, USA | 27 October 1915 | |
Enlisted |
11 August 1942 | in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States | |
Other Shot down over Paris |
15 September 1943 | as radio operator on B-17 42-3437; he was the sole survivor of the ten-man crew. The plane exploded right after he left it. | |
Other Evaded capture |
15 September 1943 - 28 November 1943 | Helped by French civilians and Résistance members through France and down to Spain and Gibraltar where he arrived on 28 November 1943. Back in the UK on 3 December 1943. | |
Died |
13 March 1982 | ||
Buried |
Rodolphe Richer rests at the Saint Patricks Cemetery in Chicopee, Massachusetts. | ||
Chicopee Falls, Hampden County, Massachusetts |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 726 / MACR 726; Snetterton Falcons, pg 52 and 59 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database