Richard Fred Bangs

Military

Richard Bangs served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II. He was probably a member of air crew as he was awarded the Air Medal several times. His obituary reports that he was a member of the Eighth Air Force.



He was also a member of the Reserves for 20 years and retired at the rank of Major. He married Helen Bernetsky in 1951 and they raised a family of four children in Long Island where Richard worked as a teacher and then school principal. He died in 1993, survived by his wife and family.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 8th Air Force.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Command
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604, USA 30 March 1924

Enlisted

New York, NY, USA 11 November 1942

Died

Shallotte, NC, USA 20 March 1993 Aged 68

Buried

Setauket- East Setauket, NY, USA Saint James Roman Catholic Cemetery

Other

Married Helen Bernetsky (1925-2000)

Other

Arrived in England

England, UK

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Correspondence with Richard F Bangs' granddaughter, Tessa.

NARA Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=929&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

Findagrave record: http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140455427

Obituary in The Brunswick Beacon newspaper, March 25m 1993: http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn97064527/1993-03-25/ed-1/seq-19…

Via Ancestry.com:
U.S. Social security record
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs record