Richard G Ryan
Military
Associated photo and person; added aircraft association
Object Number - UPL 20481 - S/Sgt. Richard G. RYAN - Air Medal award ceremony - Egypt - 1943
On TDY to 9th AF landed in Switzerland where crew was interned. 'Death Dealer' B-24 #42-40611 lost an engine near the target and another engine was lost over the target. This was the first US A/C to land in Switzerland. One gunner attempted to escape through Germany and was shot.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13034557
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18074346 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Death Dealer
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Massachusetts, United States | 26 July 1918 | |
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Other Interned |
Switzerland | 13 August 1943 | Interned in neutral Switzerland |
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 232 with picture of plane / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
