James Benjamin Richmond

Military

Assigned to 532BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Chas Reseigh crew. 30 x combat missions in B-17's. 2nd tour, assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. On his seventh mission his Mosquito was shot down on 24 Mar 1945 by friendly P-47 fire leading P-51's against enemy fighters. On 24 March 1945, Lts. Carroll Stubblefield, 653 Squadron pilot and James B Richmond navigator of 654th Squadron, were on a first-of-its-type mission in a PRXVI mosquito that carried special Pfleuger 25 (IFF) homing equipment. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 13437



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, GC, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance
The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

John William Green

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19079017
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles Warren Reseigh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-760671
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Carroll B Stubblefield

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 381st Service Squadron 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16060906 / O-740303
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

NS711

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Waldron, AR 19 September 1918 Son of James B Sr and Bertha Beatrice [Mills] Richmond.

Enlisted

Fort Sill, OK 10 January 1942 Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 24 March 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out POW

10 miles W of Kassel, Germany 24 March 1945 Shot down in Mosquito NS711 by friendly fire from P-47. Baled out POW MACR 13437

Died

Bakersfield, CA 17 December 2005

Buried

Fair Oaks Cemetery, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, CA 21 December 2005 Fair Oaks Cemetery Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California
Wilburton, OK Husband of Aleen L Richmond.

Based

Watton 24 March 1945 Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.
Wilburton, OK

Based

Ridgewell Assigned to 532BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Duplicated with https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/106044 - merged
http://www.merkki.com/PageR.htm
https://www.fold3.com/image/41937484
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https://www.fold3.com/record/90220667-james-b-richmond
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12840575/james-b_-richmond

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Sources

Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publisher Ltd. 2011.

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http://aviation-safety.net

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Sources

Combat Chronology, Unit History; The 25th Bomb Group in World War II Book; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 16-17, 177 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia