Ervin C Richey
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) from anoxia while trying to close the bomb bay doors on a mission to Berlin in B-17G #42-38141 on 8 Mar 1944.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pansy Yokum
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
8 March 1944 | ||
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Born |
Scottsburg, Indiana | ||
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Buried |
Indiana |
Revisions
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 301 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia