Herbert Neal Riddle

Military

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Slightly Dangerous
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Good Pickin
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

22 April 1913

Enlisted

21 May 1942

Other

95th BG Combat Tour

4 July 1943 - 25 May 1944 Appears to have taken about two months off from combat to train as a fight engineer 24 Dec 1943 - 3 March 1943 He flew 12 missions as a waist gunner and then 9 missions as a flight enginner/top turret gunner

Other

Wounded In Action

28 July 1943 Received a penetrating wound by a 20mm cannon shell

Died

3 May 1977

Buried

6 May 1977 Athens City Cemetery Athens, Limestone County, Alabama, USA

Born

1441 Alabama Avenue