Edgar Leo Richardson

Military

Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Ditched in channel 6-Sep-43 in B-17 41-24497 'Mizpah II'. Returned to base. Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896.



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME, AF Commendation.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672805
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18168828
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mizpah II/ Frisco Jinny
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tondelayo
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Assumption, Illinois 13 November 1922 Son of Charles Leo and Vallie [Purdy] Richardson.

Other

Survived ditching

English Channel 6 September 1943 Ditched in channel 6-Sep-43 in B-17 41-24497 'Mizpah II'. Returned to base.

Other

Shot down POW

Denmark 9 October 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 9 October 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

San Antonio, TX, USA 29 April 2017

Based

Bassingbourn 9 October 1943 Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Bexar County, TX

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; MACR 896, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 267-8