Homer Calvin Risner
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. 1st mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 41-28609 Shot down 22-Dec-43, A/C exploded in mid air. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2422
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18115105 / O-677748
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pike County, AR | 5 May 1921 | Son of Garland C and Betty L Risner. |
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Died |
Vicinity Osnabruck, Germany | 22 December 1943 | Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Killed in Action (KIA). This was his first mission. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery, Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
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Based |
Seething | 22 December 1943 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2442 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database