Richard Eugene Rader
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31346 'Shack Rabbit ' Evaded, MACR 4355. E&E Report #1102.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35666456
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-521326
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot, Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672350
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11057514
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16052210
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Benitz, California | 8 February 1923 | |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 24 March 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders & 65 dated 24 March 1944, Robert Harold Brown Crew, 2 combat missions. |
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Other Evaded |
24 April 1944 - 22 August 1944 | The aircraft received a direct flak burst at 1201 hours 40 miles east of Paris; fire observed in nose with smoke coming out of cockpit; four chutes, only three opened; crashed SE of Cézanne, France. |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
E&E Report #1102
2016-02-22 Information was consolidated into this record from this duplicate file: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/184760
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4355, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
