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Personal info

Full name
MULLINS, Richard M
Date of birth
8 August 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-698592
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
565th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
20 June 1944
Place of death
Kattegat sea, Denmark

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James J. Mullins (father)
Agnes (Hannon) Mullins (mother)
Eileen Mullins (sister)
Lorraine Mullins (sister)
Margaret Mullins (sister)
James J. Mullins (brother)
Mabel D. (Brown) Mullins (wife)
Joyce A. Mullins (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
42-95144
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Politz, Germany
MACR: 5923

More information

2nd Lt Mullins graduated from Parker High School and was was a ticket agent for the United Air Lines before entering the service.

Aircraft was involved in a mid air collision en route to target with bomber flown by Lt.Powers, and the tail assembly of Chappell's bomber was sheared off. Remains of A/C went into a spin and crashed in the Baltic Sea a Mile from Danish Soil. Only one man from the Chappell crew survived and was taken POW.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Daily Tribune, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-16, Midland AAF, Texas.