Richard Magnor Asplund

Military
media-39473.jpeg 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 L-R: Unkn,Unkn, Lt Richard M Asplund, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn.

Front L-R: Unkn, James H Hunt, Unkn, William C Goodman, Unkn, Unkn, C Howard Polley.

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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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aces n Eights
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-38058) nicknamed "The Wish Bone" of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'After transfer to 490 BG at Eye.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Wish Bone
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group inspect the damaged tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39789) nicknamed “Skunkface”.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skunkface
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snow white
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bellingham, WA 21 November 1921 Son of Magnus and Borghild [Brodahl] Asplund.

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA 15 September 1942 Tacoma, Washington

Died

Wapello, IA 24 May 1994

Buried

Wapello Cemetery Wapello, Louisa County, IA 28 May 1994 Wapello Cemetery Wapello, Louisa County, IA

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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