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Albert J Richards Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Emmerich on 10/28/44 in B-17 #448199

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 603rd Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group. Featuring the Disney character 'Pete'.

603rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-8199

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron 603rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Nuthampstead Airfield looking north, the technical and recreation sites are on the left, the ammunition dump and firing butts are at the bottom, 9 June 1948. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/53. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Nuthampstead

Site type: Airfield

Stalag Luft IV

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Louisville, Kentucky

Revisions

Date15 Nov 2017 10:18:06

ContributorLucy May

Changes

Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=107548

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:08

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10262