Richard I Reed Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26527.jpeg UPL 26527 A mock briefing of 4th Fighter Group pilots at Debden. Pilots include (order unknown): Lt. Ralph Hofer, Capt. William Smith, Lt. Warren Johnson, Lt. Ralph Saunders, Lt. Howard Moulton, Lt. Donald Patchen, Capt. Reuben Simon, Lt. Donald Emerson, Lt. Leonard Pierce, Lt. Robert Church, Capt. Alfred Markel, Lt. David Howe, Capt. Bud Care, Lt. Richard Reed, Lt. Robert Kenyon, Capt. David Van Epps, Lt. Robert Carr, Lt. William Rowles, Lt. Allen Bunte, Maj. James Goodson, Lt. Lloyd Henry, Lt. Shelton Monroe, Capt. Robert Hobert, Capt. Mike Sobanski, Capt. Nicholas Megura, Capt. Duane Beeson, Capt. Don Gentile, and Lt. Col. Jim Clark, Jr. (map in hand).
Note that this particular images cuts off a little of boths sides so a few pilots mentioned are not actully in the picture.

Added that the order of pilots was unknown

Object Number - UPL 26527 - A mock briefing of 4th Fighter Group pilots at Debden. Pilots include (order unknown): Lt. Ralph Hofer, Capt. William Smith, Lt. Warren Johnson, Lt....

Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters crashed at Seraing, Belgium in P-47D 42-75051 on 20-Feb-44 on a withdrawal support mission to Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-75051

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Indiana, USA 20 July 1920

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Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 14 October 1943 - 20 February 1944 Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Seraing, Belgium 20 February 1944 Shot down by fighters crashed at Seraing, Belgium in P-47D 42-75051 on 20-Feb-44 on a withdrawal support mission to Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).
St Petersburg, Florida, USA

Buried

St. Petersburg, FL, USA Memorial Park St Petersburg Florida.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2664 / MACR 2664, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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