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Personal info

Full name
WEAVER, Richard Charles
Date of birth
5 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
13109761
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
749th Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
At Sea

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles L. Weaver (father)
Clara M. (Spithaler) Weaver (mother)
Dora Weaver (sister)
Harry L. Weaver (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-38064
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Harf and Harf
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Objective Bombing
MACR: 10344

More information

T/Sgt Richard C. Weaver was employed at Pullman Standard-Ordnance Department

"At 1142 hours at 18000 feet at about 5237N-0410E, en route to England from an abortive sortie which the low squadron had made alone into Germany, A/C 42-38064 and A/C 44-8418 collided in thick haze. Propellers of A/C 44-8418 chewed into fuselage of A/C 42-38064 from under side and A/C 42-38064 broke in two pieces, apparently just back of the radio room. The forward part went down in a steep glide for upwards of two minutes, then went into a spin and disappeared in the clouds. Tail part went down not in a glide. No fires were seen."

Source of information: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card, 1940 Census

Photo source: Jac Engels, Homepage - The 457th Bomb Group (H) Association (457thbombgroupassoc.org)