42-31625

media-36544.jpeg UPL 36544 Crew of B-17 42-31625, with Staff Sergeant Richard A. Longo, Engineer/Gunner, 301st Bomb Group, 419th Bomb Squadron.

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Object Number - UPL 36544 - Crew of B-17 42-31625, with Staff Sergeant Richard A. Longo, Engineer/Gunner, 301st Bomb Group, 419th Bomb Squadron.

Delivered Denver 30/11/43; Paine Fd 2/12/43; Geiger 5/12/43; Denver 10/12/43; Cheyenne 16/12/43; Savannah 20/12/43.



Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 13/2/44.



Missing in Action Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with Jim Lilligren, Rich Longo, Chas Allison, Ira Lewis (4 Prisoner of War).

Vernon Thompson, John Stever, John Tracer, Jesse Brenneman, Edwin Bishop, Herb Herring (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Rattern, Aus; Missing Air Crew Report 7135.

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Units served with

301st Bomb Group

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

People

Richard August Longo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 419th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15113562
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Missing in Action

Ratten, Steiermark, Austria 26 July 1944

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

http://www.bundesheer.at/download_archiv/pdfs/missing_in_action.pdf

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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