Herbert Neal Riddle

Military

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Raymond J Abbott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Eldon J Broman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16060366 / O-665661
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Clifford B Hamilton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Peter V Milward

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William G Wood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-106993

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pretty Baby
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

42-30178

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Darlin' Dolly
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron

42-30194

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: We Ain't Scared
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

42-30272

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fritz Blitz
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

42-32019

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

22 April 1913

Enlisted

21 May 1942

Other

95th BG Combat Tour

4 July 1943 - 25 May 1944 Appears to have taken about two months off from combat to train as a fight engineer 24 Dec 1943 - 3 March 1943 He flew 12 missions as a waist gunner and then 9 missions as a flight enginner/top turret gunner

Other

Wounded In Action

28 July 1943 Received a penetrating wound by a 20mm cannon shell

Died

3 May 1977

Buried

6 May 1977 Athens City Cemetery Athens, Limestone County, Alabama, USA

Born

1441 Alabama Avenue

Revisions

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/5624

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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=4606546
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/5624
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29689497/herbert-n_-riddle
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61817&h=167790…
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/43992_08_0…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=70021&h=414160…

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php