Richard O Foster
Military
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 7387 - 1LT Richard O. Foster
Flew 30 combat missions with the 466th BG - 786th BS
Then served as Squadron Operatons Officer for the 786th BS
May have also flow missions with the 25th BG(R)
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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
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32106239
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Missouri, USA | 17 April 1919 | |
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Died |
Florissant, MO, USA | 20 October 2007 | Foster, Richard 'Dick' O. LT COL. U.S.A.F. ret., baptized into the hope of Christ's resurrection on Saturday, October 20, 2007. Beloved husband of Lillian A.(nee Wolf) Foster; father of Richard W. (Delores) Foster, Donna C. (Keith) Keller and David J.(Denise) Foster; our dear grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, great-uncle, great-great-uncle, nephew, cousin and friend to many, especially Jim, John and Dave. Richard served his country in WWII, assigned to the 466th Bomb Group in England, belonging to the Second Air Division Assn., which was part of the 8th Air Force. He belonged to the 25th Bomb Group Assn., M.O.A.A. and the Air Force Assn. Chapter186. He also retired from the Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center in 1976.Services - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stltoday/obituary.aspx?pid=96607717#sthash.Wv3XwVkI.dpuf |
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Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery | 24 October 2007 | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay St. Louis County Missouri, USA Plot: 1HH 0 1187 |
| Normandy, MO, USA | 3014 Clearview Drive |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p345 & Page 266 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition
