Ralph A Livengood

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down on 16 February 1943 on in B-17F 42-5058 'Hun Hunter' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Aircraft was shot down by fighters on return from a mission to St. Nazaire and crashed at Morlac, France. It is probable that he baled out of the aircraft over the sea and was lost. Killed in Action (KIA) Finding of death (FOD)recorded by NARA.

POW

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Units served with

305th Bomb Group

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

364th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5058

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hun Hunter
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'

VIII Bomber Command 36

Date: 16 February 1943

Places

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Butler County, Pennsylvania
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Molac, France	16 February 1943	Killed when aircraft was shot down and crashed near Molac, France. It is probable that he baled out of the aircraft over water and was lost in the sea. No burial record located.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Butler County, Pennsylvania

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Molac, France

16 February 1943

Killed when aircraft was shot down and crashed near Molac, France. It is probable that he baled out of the aircraft over water and was lost in the sea. No burial record located.

Revisions

Date20 Feb 2015 22:37:25

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 20-Feb-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15497; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; NO American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record found; Added crew position and Loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:44

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15477 / MACR 15477, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 78 with a picture of the plane, NARA web site. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database