Richard C Baynes
Military
Crew #731
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Harold D. Bailey (TG), Lester R. Walters (FE), Harvey B. Walton (WG), Linwood W. Wheeler (BTG), Lester O. Nichoson (R/O), John H. Gattis (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Lloyd B. Holden (N), Ralph W. Dennings (B), Seymour Friedman (CP), Richard C. Baynes (P)
This crew completed a 35 mission tour: 11 July 1944 - 1 November 1944
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Object Number - UPL 6604 - Richard C. Baynes Crew Crew #731 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Harold D. Bailey (TG), Lester R. Walters (FE), Harvey B. Walton...
35 missions. 6 gas hauling missions flying gas to Patton's army. Author of Replacement Crew in library.
Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33650615
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mansfield, Pennsylvania | 6 May 1924 | |
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Other Mission |
RAF Detling, Maidstone, Kent ME14, UK | 10 September 1944 | Had to emergency land B-24H-15-CF #41-29358 "Ol' Soak" at Detling. The nose wheel collapsed and the forward fuselage was damaged. |
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Other Gas Haul Mission |
Clastres, France | 19 September 1944 | 1500 gallons of 80 octane gas |
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Other Gas Haul Mission |
Lille, France | 21 September 1944 | 1400 gallons of 80 octane gas |
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Other Gas Haul Mission |
Lille, France | 23 September 1944 | 1800 gallons |
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Other Gas Haul Mission |
Saint-Dizier, France | 25 September 1944 | 1700 gallons |
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Other Gas Haul Mission |
Saint-Dizier, France | 29 September 1944 | |
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Other Mission |
Mainz, Germany | 19 October 1944 | Flew an operational mission to Mainz. Heavy flak. No fighters. Flak hole. Tail gunner passed out. |
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Died |
California, USA | 26 January 2013 | |
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Buried |
18 October 2013 | Arlington National Cemetery Section 66 Grave 6930 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 201