Harold Stevenson Riley Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
L-R Rear: 1Lt Clayton E "Ozzie" Davis,1 Lt Daniel T Britt Jr, Capt Donald K Dilling.
L-R Front: Capt Winfield E McIntyre, 1Lt Harold S Riley Jr.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12134-27140AC.
Object Number - UPL 27432 - Five Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots who knocked five German fighters out of the sky when the latter tried to go to work on a flak-battered...
Lt Harold Riley’s P-47 Thunderbolt #42-22530 was hit by Flak while approaching the airfield of Montdidier in a low-level sweep in the Wizernes V-weapons area on 11 March 1944. His plane had been last sighted above Oisemont, 40km NW of Amiens, France. Crashed near Boscrocourt, France. Killed In Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 5013.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: The Kid
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
14 January 1942 | Portland Air Base, Oregon | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
Boscrocourt, France | 11 March 1944 | in the crash of his P-47 Thunderbolt #42-22530, hit by Flak |
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Buried |
11 March 1944 | cemetery of Saint-Remy-Boscrocourt, France. | |
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Born |
Oregon, the son of Harold and Beatrice Riley | ||
| Portland, Oregon | |||
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | after the war his remains were transferred to Colleville, Normandy. Harold Riley rests at Plt A, Row 14, Grave 40 |
Revisions
MACR 5013
NARA WWII Enlistment record
German report J-679 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131494500 (NARA)
ABMC website
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5013, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
