Ralph Joseph Diederich
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 55986 - 2nd Lt Ralph J. Diederich, 388BG.
Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by 20mm shells from Me109's on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17 42-30340 'Screamin Red Ass' crashed West of Magdeburg, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3079
Award: PH.
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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: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32003112 / O-748141
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dry Run, Screamin Red Ass
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Streator, IL | 10 June 1921 | Son of Peter J and Anna C [Briscoe] Diederich. |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 29 June 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
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Died |
West of Magdeburg, Germany | 8 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17 42-30340 'Screamin Red Ass' crashed West of Magdeburg, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3079 |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint Avold, France Plot E, Row 39, Grave 25 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Knettishall | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Ottawa, IL |
Revisions
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ABMC, MACR 3079, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3079 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
