Richard Farrell Baer

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Richard L Althouse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-37987

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mean Widdle Kid
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron

43-39188

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gravel Gertie

Missions

8th Air Force 901

  • Date: 21 March 1945
  • Official Description: Mission 901: Preparatory air operations for the forthcoming (23 Mar) crossing of the lower Rhine River by Allied ground forces begin. 1,408 bombers and 806 fighters, in conjunction with Ninth Air Force and RAF aircraft, attack jet fighter bases; with...

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Revisions

Date6 Jan 2023 23:16:42
Contributoracbernstein1
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AAM

Date6 Jan 2023 22:40:49
Contributoracbernstein1
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Transcribed from Dick Baer’s WWII scrapbook by Stacy Scharch c/o Anne Baer @ http://www.487thbg.org/Stories/LT%20Richard%20F%20Baer%20Mission%20Note…

Date3 Feb 2020 20:28:11
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to "Richard L. Althouse" per Althouse crew photo at 487th BG website.

Date3 Feb 2020 20:23:32
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to A/C #43-37987 mentioned in the "Summary biography".

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:32
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Roster / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/AlthouseCrew.shtml , http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/BrownCrew003.shtml