Richard John Ulvestad
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 556BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. 40 x combat missions. ETD
Sept 1943 on a B-26 mission to France hit by flak losing an engine and damaging the rudder. The next month the 387th was assigned to the 9th AF. Plane returned but 3 crew members bailed out.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars), DFC (British).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32282751
- Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
- Role/Job: Flight engineer / gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11014252 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19064763 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34204396
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13013640
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Dudissary
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Willingale
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Chicago, IL | 19 February 1920 | Son of George Elmer and Minnie Ogda [Broten] Ulvestad. |
Enlisted |
Chicago. IL | 21 March 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
Other Discharged USAAF |
20 August 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Sioux City, Woodbury County, IA | 20 January 1973 | |
Buried |
Forest Hill Cemetery Kansas City, Jackson County, MO | 23 January 1973 | Forest Hill Cemetery Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri |
Forest River, IL | |||
Based |
Chipping Ongar | Assigned to 556BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 508
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