Richard S Kuehner
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Strafing railway lines, hit a pole and ripped wing of A/C
Killed in Action on 10 June 1944 in AC 42-26317. MACR 5616
Awards: AM (OLC), PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Margaret's Mace
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 June 1944
- Date: 6 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
France | 10 June 1944 | Strafing railway lines, hit a pole and ripped wing of A/C Killed in Action on 10 June 1944 in AC 42-26317. MACR 5616 |
Born |
Connecticut | ||
Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot B Row 18 Grave 6 | |
Based |
10 June 1944 | Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
ContributorAAM
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 5616 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5616 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database