Richard Wallace Crawford
MilitaryAssigned to HQ Sqn, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Bud's Comet Corky
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 |
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Based |
26 March 1945 | Assigned to HQ Sqn, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Roselawn Memorial Park Monona, Dane County, Wisconsin. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
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
ContributorAl_Skiff
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