Richard Ziegler
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Richard Ziegler was a foreman at Raritan Arsenal in what is now Edison, NJ. He entered the service in April 1942. He originally served with the 8th Air Force in England but was transferred to the 15th Air Force, 483rd Bombardment Group, 840th Bombardment Squadron based out of Sterparone, Italy. Plane, B-17 42-32010, went down on his 47th mission on July 30th, 1944. Mission was to bomb the Tokol Airdrome in Tokol Hungry. Captured and interned at Stalag Luft IV, Gross Tychow, Pomerania (Now Tychowo, Poland.)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33549297
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
I have my uncles memoirs which I would be happy to share. I have the MACR. I also have the eyewitness reports from other planes in the group that observed his plane going down. I have digital copies of newspapers listing him as MIA, then POW and finally liberated.