Richard Eugene Rader

Military
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. media-395076.jpg FRE 5133 The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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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The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Johnson William Rule

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-704133
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Dewey Carlyle Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18190125
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Stanley John Sturak

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33419781
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

George Daniel Vann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18157650
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Benitz, California 8 February 1923

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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.

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.

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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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384thbombgroup.com
MACR 4355

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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=…

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