Richard Wallace Crawford

Military

Assigned to HQ Sqn, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Bud's Comet Corky
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

25 April 1917 Son of Wallace Crawford.

Enlisted

28 June 1943 Saint Paul, Minnesota

Based

26 March 1945 - 27 May 1945 Transferred to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.  

Other

Promotion

27 May 1945 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

11 December 1976

Other

End of War

Born

Based

26 March 1945 Assigned to HQ Sqn, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Roselawn Memorial Park Monona, Dane County, Wisconsin.

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Date
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list