Richard Dean Bland
MilitaryAssigned to 534BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Dean Anderson crew (#XIII). Failed to Return (FTR) Brux, Czechoslovakia in B-17 43-37657 'The Fox' Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12424
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-77445g
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18094262
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Fox
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Enid, OK | 26 October 1925 | Son of Orin T and Goldye M [Gunn] Bland. Twin brother to Dwain B Bland. |
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Other Baled out POW |
NW of Trier, Germany | 14 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brux, Czechoslovakia in B-17 43-37657 'The Fox' Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12424 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Bavaria | 14 February 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VIIa. |
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Died |
Enid, OK | 8 August 2018 | |
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Buried |
Enid Cemetery, Enid, OK | 13 August 2018 | Enid Cemetery Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma |
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Based |
Ridgewell | 14 February 1945 | Assigned to 534BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx