Richard Magnor Asplund
Military
Object Number - UPL 39473 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Queenie' at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1944." Rear...
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 36 x combat missions. ETD
Awads: DFC, AM (3OLC), 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Queenie
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lynne Marie
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paragon
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Vonnie Gal
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bellingham, WA | 21 November 1921 | Son of Magnus and Borghild [Brodahl] Asplund. |
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Enlisted |
Tacoma, WA | 15 September 1942 | Tacoma, Washington |
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Died |
Wapello, IA | 24 May 1994 | |
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Buried |
Wapello Cemetery Wapello, Louisa County, IA | 28 May 1994 | Wapello Cemetery Wapello, Louisa County, IA |
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Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 159 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
