Richard L Bedford

Military

Shot down 12 June 1944 over France west of Paris. Evaded. Captured August 1944-Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Stalag III-Liberated at Moosburg April 1945.



Awards: DFC, AM (3 OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rochester, New York 17 April 1922

Based

Raydon 26 January 1944 - 12 June 1944 Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed

Metfield, Harleston IP20, UK 12 April 1944 Ground Loop Metfield/Sta 366 Cat 4 damage 2Lt Richard L Bedford, 12-Apr-44. P-47D 42-76543 - 350FS 353FG 8AF

Other

Promotion

Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK 19 May 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 12 June 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Shot down

Paris, France 12 June 1944 Shot down 12 June 1944 over France west of Paris. Initially evaded (EVD). Captured (POW).

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self