Richard Cole Seares
MilitaryAssigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF.
Failed to Return (FTR) Missing in Action Blechhammer 10-Dec-44 Hit by flak crashed Adriatic Sea, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10689.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12176628 / O-826906
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Monterey County, CA | 19 September 1914 | |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA | 13 October 1942 | |
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Died |
Adriatic Sea | 10 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Missing in Action Blechhammer 10-Dec-44 Hit by flak crashed Adriatic Sea Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10689 |
|
Born |
Murrieta, CA | Son of Vera C Burnham. | |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery | ||
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Based |
Celone | 10 December 1944 |
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