Richard B Malone

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-48101.jpeg UPL 48101

All pictures are from my personal files/collection of pictures handed down from my Great Uncle James (Jim) Malone, Uncle to my father Michael Edward Malone.

Object Number - UPL 48101

Killed in Action on 31 December 1944 in AC 44-8352.

DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

493rd Bomb Group

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

862nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Frank W Bruehl

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-722826
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Arthur W Donovan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-773313
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier / Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

William J Gleason

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-805267
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Thomas J Heilman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15343959
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William H Lawrence

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36856047
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

44-8352

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'

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Date: 31 December 1944

Places

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.'

Mendlesham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Mendlesham

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Killed in action		31 December 1944
Born	California
Buried	Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial		Richard Malone rests at Plot A, Row 33, Grave 3

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Killed in action

31 December 1944

Born

California

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

Richard Malone rests at Plot A, Row 33, Grave 3

Revisions

Date8 May 2020 12:04:49

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to events. Changes to Role of Honour Picture. Changes to Role of Honour Picture

Sources

ABMC website

Date7 May 2020 12:25:27

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to biography, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations

Sources

MACR 11235

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:25

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998, ABMC, MACR 11235, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php