William F Rickert

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21988.jpeg UPL 21988 William Rickert - Selma, 458th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21988 - William Rickert - Selma, 458th BG, KIA

Shot down at Caen on 6/17/44 in B-24 42-95106



KIA

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95106

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 17 June 1944

Born

Selma, Iowa

Buried

Buried

Ottumwa, Iowa Memorial

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Additional biographical and service details from:
- http://www.findagrave.com ;
- http://usaafdata.com/?q=node/151880

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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 / MACR 5806 / MACR 5806 & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 & 458bg.com (which includes picture of his crew) / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 21988 - William Rickert - Selma, 458th BG, KIA