Richard Robert Bodine
Military
Object Number - UPL 50756 - Tail of The Wolf with ball turret gunner Thomas McMenamin and tail gunner Richard (Dick) Bodine.
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak over the IP on a mission to Frankfurt on 4-Feb-44 in B-17 42-39803 'The Wolf'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2235
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Wolf
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | 3 July 1923 | Son of Harold A and Mary F [Gallagher] Bodine. |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 12 October 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 4 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Oklahoma City, OK | 26 August 1987 | |
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Buried |
Arlington Memory Gardens Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK | 29 August 1987 | Arlington Memory Gardens Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 4 February 1944 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2235 / MACR 2235, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
