Richard F Riley

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Navigator, Jarvis crew 381st BG,532nd BS. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29731 'Ole' Swayback'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 663. #3 & #4 engines taken out by flak, feathered and left formation. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft 17b, then transferred to Nuremburg-Langwasser 49-11, then marched to Stalag Luft VII-A in Moosburg, Bavaria

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VIII Bomber Command 66

Date: 23 June 1943

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Winchester, MA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	17 August 1943	POW # O-434015

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Winchester, MA

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

17 August 1943

POW # O-434015

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Date7 Nov 2017 04:22:52

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ARowe95

Date26 May 2017 22:25:16

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My Uncle

Date26 May 2017 22:19:48

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from MACR 663 and mission notes from 381bg

Date26 May 2017 22:15:07

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mission notes from 381st BG (532 squadron) and Ridgewell history

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:34

ContributorAAM

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 663 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 663 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database