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Personal info

Full name
HOFF, Richard Merrill
Date of birth
3 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O-745388
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
377th Fighter Squadron,
362nd Fighter Group
Awards
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 June 1944
Place of death
Near Vicq, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 27 19

Immediate family

Members
William L. Hoff (father)
Ella L. (Swanson) Hoff (mother)
Sterling J. Hoff (brother)
Betty J. Hoff (sister)
Dorothy Hoff (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-26148
Data
Type: P-47D
Destination: Beuil, France
Mission: Dive-bombing
MACR: 6279

More information

1st Lt Richard M. Hoff North graduated from High School and was a linotype machinist at the Daily Times before he volunteered for the U.S. Army in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 6 April 1942.

The flight was bounced by about seven FW-190s near Evreux or Elbeuf, France. He was last seen in a shallow dive, being chased by two German fighters. He crashed at 0735 hrs near Vicq, about 11 miles west of Versailles.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / J. Hoff Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Jilly Smith, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star