Richard Earl Whiteman
Military
Jay D Cowans grandsons personal files
Object Number - UPL 20345
Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: BS, GC, 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Powerful Katrinka
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron 863rd Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Claridge, PA | 23 April 1921 | Son of Richard M and Edna M Watkins. |
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Enlisted |
Greensburg, PA | 14 August 1942 | Greensburg Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Greensburg, PA | 15 November 1996 | |
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Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery Export, Westmoreland County, PA | 20 November 1996 | Woodlawn Cemetery Export, Westmoreland County, PA |
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Based |
Mendlesham | Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
