Richard Diehl Laule

Military

Richard Laule was Navigator on B-17 #42-39941 'Lucky Lady', shot down 12 May 1944 over Southern Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Vernon L Moody

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37344164
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Ralph Jon Munn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39555640
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Richard Francis Noble

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35002173 and O-453171
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Daniel G Viafore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12120789 and O-818248
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Born

Cleveland, Ohio, USA 29 January 1919

Enlisted

Cleveland, Ohio, United States 2 February 1943 as a Private in the Air Corps

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 12 May 1944 MACR 4819 mentions that, having initially managed to evade with the help of Belgian citizens, Richard Laule together with fellow crew members Bruce Clago, Ralph Munn and Lloyd Martin were all arrested by the Gestapo in Liège, Belgium, on 27 June 1944. NARA WWII POW database : "Interned in Germany - Returned to military control 24/05/1945"

Died

Ohio, United States 20 July 1968

Buried

Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California, United States

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MACR 4819
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4819 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database