Richard Glasgow Swope
Military
Pilot
340th BG - 486th BS - 12th AF
KIA 10 March 1944
Object Number - UPL 55002 - Captain Richard Glasgow Swope Pilot 340th BG - 486th BS - 12th AF KIA 10 March 1944
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Mansfield, LA | 6 May 1916 | |
| Beaumont, TX | 16 October 1940 | 595 Fifth Street | |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 27 September 1941 | |
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Other Shot Down/RTD |
south of Pontecorvo, Italy | 14 January 1944 | The plane piloted by 1st Lt. Richard G. Swope of Beaumont, Tex., and Major Louis Keller of Corona, Calif., got itself more thoroughly disabled and staggered over to the Allied side of the bomb line before crashing. Everybody jumped safely and all have been recovered to us. |
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Died |
near Littorio (Latina), Italy | 10 March 1944 | Shot Down |
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Buried |
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot G Row 8 Grave 2 Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Piazzale Kennedy, 1 00048 Italy |
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