Richard Neal Breesman

Military

Assigned to 575BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Hit in face and shoulder by flak 23-Dec-44. Wounded in Action (WIA)





Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

An airman of the 391st Bomb Group wearing a service dress jacket and kilt. Written on slide casing: '391 BG.'

391st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95847) nicknamed "Scrumptious" of the 391st Bomb Group. Image via Alvaro Sousa. Written on slide casing: 'Scrumptious, WWII, Swede Olfson??'

42-95847

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Scrumptious
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Matching airfield looking south, the technical site is on the left, 19 July 1948. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/62.English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Matching

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Matching Green

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 28 October 1942 Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio

Other

Commissioned

5 December 1943 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Other

Discharged USAAF

8 December 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Potomac, MD 13 September 1993

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery 20 September 1993 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section 59 Site 859

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