Richard T Neary

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-29756.jpeg UPL 29756 R.T. Neary Walter McRae Bagot

Scanned from an original photo in the personal collection of the late Walter McRae Bagot.

Object Number - UPL 29756 - R.T. Neary

Killed in Action (KIA). On return to base B-17 #42-37869 crashed at Oakhampton returning from Atlantic weather reconnaissance mission.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Aircraft

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York, USA 5 May 1920

Died

Okehampton EX20, UK 25 December 1943

Buried

2040 Wellwood Ave, Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA At Long Island National Cemetery

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2769181/richard-t.-neary

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The 25th BG (Rcn) by Norman Malaney p. 287, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, p. 439

Richard T Neary: Gallery (2 items)

Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17 Knucklehead.

Object number: UPL 28228 - Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17...