Alfred H Richter

Military

B-24H #41-29468 'Peg O' My Heart'.

Lt Richter jumped at 7000 feet and landed a few kilometers Southeast of Nogent-le-Rotrou, Eure-et-Loir Department, France. Helped and sheltered by the French underground, he was guided to Paris and from there to Pau, in the South of France. Led to the French-Spanish border, he crossed into Spain, ultimately reaching Gibraltar. He was flown back from there to England where he landed on 17 August 1944.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Walter Armstrong Duer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39396817 and O-691484
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Tail Gunner
Personnel of the 97th Bomb Group look out for the return of B-17 Flying Fortresses from a raid on Rouen, from the top of the Control Tower at Grafton Underwood. Image stamped on reverse: 'Photo Supplied Photopress Central.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'USA (BRI) CCC.' [written annotation] and '216036.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Picture shows: Aerodrome Personnel on the Control Tower watching for the return of the planes from the raid.' Handwritten captio

Beirne Lay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (490th Bomb Group) 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-309771
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Group commander

Aircraft

41-29468

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Peg O My Heart
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, United States 28 February 1917

Enlisted

Chicago, Illinois, United States 31 December 1941 A railroad clerk, he enlisted as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps

Died

Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, United States 17 July 2004

Other

Evaded (EVD)

France 11 May 1944

Revisions

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Copied the "Evaded (EVD)" event from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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SSDI (Social Security Death Index)

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NARA WWII Enlistment records.
MACR (Missing Air Crew Report) # 4750.
Escape & Evasion Report at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-1036.pdf
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Roster / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/WomerCrew.shtml