Richard Vanoy Turnbough

Military
media-15141.jpeg UPL 15141 Rougham Control Tower Museum

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Object Number - UPL 15141 - Rougham Control Tower Museum

Pilot of the Stormy Weather

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38560

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stormy Weather
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Quanah, TX USA 7 February 1921

Enlisted

Lubbock, TX, USA 19 February 1943

Died

Balmorhea, TX USA 7 November 2001

Buried

Pecos, TX USA Mount Evergreen Cemetery Pecos Reeves County Texas, USA

Revisions

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I am his daughter and his name was incorrectly entered.

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Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques
Facebook group: 94th Bomb Group
Find A Grave Memorial# 51391211
Enlistment records, Ancestry.com

Richard Vanoy Turnbough: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 15141 - Rougham Control Tower Museum

Object number: UPL 15142 - Memorial at the Rougham Control Tower Museum