Alfred H Richter
MilitaryB-24H #41-29468 'Peg O' My Heart'.
Lt Richter jumped at 7000 feet and landed a few kilometers Southeast of Nogent-le-Rotrou, Eure-et-Loir Department, France. Helped and sheltered by the French underground, he was guided to Paris and from there to Pau, in the South of France. Led to the French-Spanish border, he crossed into Spain, ultimately reaching Gibraltar. He was flown back from there to England where he landed on 17 August 1944.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39396817 and O-691484
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (490th Bomb Group) 838th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-309771
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Group commander
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Peg O My Heart
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Chicago, Illinois, United States | 28 February 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois, United States | 31 December 1941 | A railroad clerk, he enlisted as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps |
Died |
Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, United States | 17 July 2004 | |
Other Evaded (EVD) |
France | 11 May 1944 |
Revisions
Copied the "Evaded (EVD)" event from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
NARA WWII Enlistment records.
MACR (Missing Air Crew Report) # 4750.
Escape & Evasion Report at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-1036.pdf
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Roster / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/WomerCrew.shtml