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Personal info

Full name
RUSSELL, Richard C
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Washington D.C.
Hometown
Montgomery County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
20340313
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Waist Gunner
Unit
332nd Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
13 June 1943
Place of death
Rosenhof Farm
Ehndorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 8 4

Immediate family

Members
Irone H. Russell (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29940
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 16200

More information

S/Sgt Richard C. Russell joined the Regular Army at Fort George G. Made, Maryland on 1 July 1941.

An aircraft believed to be B-17F 42-29940, piloted by 1st Lt Loog, was hit by an aerial bomb while flying in the target area. The aircraft was seen to explode and no further observations made.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.fold3.com, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com