Richard Gordon Scharch
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 54033 - T/Sgt Richard G Scharch, 303BG.
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
Connections
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Units served with
People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Scarlet Harlot : Vat 69 : Vicious Virgin
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 September 1943
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg.webp?itok=SpfDIv0I)
- Date: 6 September 1943
- Date: 31 August 1943
- Date: 19 August 1943
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Milwaukee County, WI | 14 January 1921 | Son of George and Magdalene [Meyer] Scharch. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 31 March 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Other Wounded |
25 February 1944 | Minor injury from flak on final mission. Plane-Ole George Target- Messerschmitt A/C Factory - Augsburg, Germany. | |
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Died |
Camarillo, CA | 13 December 2013 | |
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Buried |
Conejo Mountain Memorial ParkCamarillo,Ventura County, CA | 20 December 2013 | Conejo Mountain Memorial Park Camarillo, Ventura County, California |
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Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
People associated added-
http://www.scharch.org/Rich_Scharch/TSgt%20RG%20Scharch.htm
Missions added-
http://www.scharch.org/Rich_Scharch/TSgt%20RG%20Scharch.htm
Correction of name of plane in description of event. See previous contribution for source.
Event added (wounded)-
http://www.scharch.org/Rich_Scharch/TSgt%20RG%20Scharch.htm
Additional role/job added, associated groups added-
http://www.scharch.org/Rich_Scharch/TSgt%20RG%20Scharch.htm
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-rs.html#R