Richard Herbert Parsons
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 41300 - 2Lt Richard H Parsons
Assigned to 748BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Weimar, Germany in B-17 42-97558 'Tis Me Sugar' 24-Aug-44.
Crashed / Ditched into North Sea West of Island of Sylt. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8200
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14077251 / O-819645
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tis Me Sugar
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cleveland, Ohio, USA | 27 December 1919 | Son of Roy Dexter and Gertrude R [McNish] Parsons. |
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Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH | 25 August 1942 | Cleveland, Ohio |
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Died |
West of Island of Sylt | 24 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Weimar, Germany in B-17 42-97558 'Tis Me Sugar' 24-Aug-44 Crashed / Ditched into North Sea West of Island of Sylt KIA MACR 8200 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Glatton | 24 August 1944 | Assigned to 748BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Tablets Of The Missing |
