Richard Joseph Trechel
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Agathe d' Aliermont V1 site mission in B-24J 42-99970 'Liberty Belle' 21-Jan-44; Blown out of A/C, fortunately conscious and with his parachute over target area. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8174
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19063025 / O-675040
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Liberty Belle
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
17 March 1908 | ||
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Other Embarked |
19 January 1933 | Embark aboard 'Chateau Thierry' en-route to Phillipines as Pvt with 10th Signal Service Company. | |
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Enlisted |
12 July 1940 | ||
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Other Baled out POW |
Agathe d' Aliermont, France | 21 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Agathe d' Aliermont V1 site mission in B-24J 42-99970 'Liberty Belle' 21-Jan-44; Blown out of A/C by flak hit. POW. MACR 8174 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bad Sulza, Germany | 21 January 1944 | Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11 |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
29 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
29 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Newark, NJ | 5 January 1993 | |
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Based |
Shipdham | 21 January 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Draft registration |
Newark, NJ | Discharged NoK: Wife Estelle Trechel residing Newark, New Jersey |
Revisions
Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
8th AF losses, MACR 8714 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia