Raymond David Knopp

Military

Assigned to 776BS, 464BG, 15AF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer in B-24 44-49073 17-Dec-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10497

 

Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-49710) nicknamed "Stevonovitch II (Black Nan)" of the 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes and rolls over in midair as a result of a direct flak hit, during a mission over Lugo, Italy, 10 April 1945.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ritz
  • Unit: 776th Bomb Squadron 464th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

16 March 1919 BornTurtle Creek, Pennsylvania

Enlisted

6 January 1943 EnlistedGreensburg, Pennsylvania

Died

16 April 2007 DiedCoraopolis, Pennsylvania