Richard Ernest Huyck
Military
Richard E. Huyck Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Ferdinand Corradini (FE), James Wildeman (B), Warren G. Woodward (CP), Tom Hicks (R/O), Richard Huyck (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: George Vazna (TG), Hudson Coombs (TTG), Tom McCue (NG), Ralph Welch (WG)
This crew completed 30 combat mission before the end of hostilities.
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 17047 - Crew #767 Richard E. Huyck Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Ferdinand Corradini (FE), James Wildeman (B), Warren G. Woodward...
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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: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34923004
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31447395
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Huckle de Buck
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron 863rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Moonlight Marge
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Abel Mabel
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Battle Creek, MI | 16 March 1918 | |
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Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 5 November 1944 - 25 April 1945 | Completed 30 combat missions |
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Died |
Clinton, IA, USA | 28 November 2008 | |
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Buried |
Clinton, IA | 1 December 2008 | Springdale Cemetery Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, USA |
| Mishawaka, IN, USA | 2217 East 3rd Street |
Revisions
Report on Mission No 150 - Bielefeld, Germany - 6 December 1944
466th BG Archives - NARA Research provided by Brad Sullivan
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6061&h=4057838…
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 140
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 346