George Rich III

Military

Crashed at Eschweide on 6 Sep 44 in P-47 #42-76486, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-76468

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Ol Steel Butt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron

42-76486

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Crashed

An der Eschweide, Germany 6 September 1944

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Revisions

Date9 May 2023 19:37:08
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Removed extra info in the "Role/job" field.

Date22 Jun 2015 11:13:07
ContributorTom
ChangesChanges to events
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Edited 'unknown' event to 'crashed'based on biography description.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:42
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8562 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list