William J Hager
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Document 39809
Local Newspaper cutting telling Richard Ritter's story.
Image Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke, Via Mitch Peeke.
Image Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke, Via Mitch Peeke.
Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke. Via Mitch Peeke.
Object Number - Document 39809 - Local Newspaper cutting telling Richard Ritter's story. Image Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke, Via Mitch Peeke.
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Due to extensive Flak damage, A/C collided with 42-97942 and crashed at Allhallows-On-Sea, Kent. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14059710
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 12th Replacement Control Depot 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11121261 / O-704164
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier; Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31362371
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37298962
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16035502 / O-759660
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH | 13 October 1942 | Cleveland, Ohio |
|
Died |
Thames Estuary | 19 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Mid air collision Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984 |
|
Born |
Cleveland, Ohio | ||
|
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot F Row 2 Grave 106 | ||
|
Based |
Kimbolton | 19 June 1944 | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / see page 394 in Losses of the 8th & 9th
