Richard Sparkman
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer and Top Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
1922-2015
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Richard I Holder
Military
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Riebau's Crew. Standing (L to R): Pat Fenlon (CP), Robert Roe (N), Leopold Mellerowicz (B). Front (L to R): Richard Sparkman (FE), Robin Knight (RO), Richard Holder (WG), Jacobs (WG), L. Motika (BG), Norman Schroeder (TG). Not pictured: Dick Riebau
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486th Bomb Group
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The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:22:37 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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486th Directory / 486th roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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