Ernest J Richardson
Military
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UPL 39072
Back Row: Steve Condur, Willard Berg, Bob Christiansen, Ernie Richardson, Jack Fletcher
Front Row: Chester Shultz, Glenn Fister, Sherman Gillespie, Bob Ketcham
Front Row: Chester Shultz, Glenn Fister, Sherman Gillespie, Bob Ketcham
Corrected surname of Christianson to Christiansen - Bishop & Hey "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces"
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 42-97212. Landed in Sweden. Interned.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The story of this aircraft's final mission is attached-landing in Sweden
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Poland | 11 April 1944 | |
Born |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3817 / MACR 3817; Snetterton Falcons, page 109, 124 & 130 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database