Junior Audley Risley
Military
UPL 61052
UPL 61052
Lt Audley Risley
Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Ray Larson's Crew flew on "Mama's 'Lil Angel". 25 x missions.
Name of his aircraft was 'Mama's Lil' Angel' his flying jacket bore that name. it is now on display in the Flixton Aviation Museum at Flixton, Bungay Suffolk.
Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Mamas Lil Angel
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Chicago, Illinois | 12 March 1922 | Born Chicago, Illinois |
Died |
Elgin, Illinois | 28 January 2007 | Died Elgin, Illinois |
Buried |
Bluff City Cemetery Elgin, Illinois | 1 February 2007 | Interred Bluff City Cemetery Elgin, Illinois |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
446th website, son / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia