Edgar Leo Richardson
MilitaryAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Ditched in channel 6-Sep-43 in B-17 41-24497 'Mizpah II'. Returned to base. Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME, AF Commendation.
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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: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672805
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18168828
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mizpah II/ Frisco Jinny
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tondelayo
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Assumption, Illinois | 13 November 1922 | Son of Charles Leo and Vallie [Purdy] Richardson. |
Other Survived ditching |
English Channel | 6 September 1943 | Ditched in channel 6-Sep-43 in B-17 41-24497 'Mizpah II'. Returned to base. |
Other Shot down POW |
Denmark | 9 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 9 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 29 April 2017 | |
Based |
Bassingbourn | 9 October 1943 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Bexar County, TX |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; MACR 896, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 267-8