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Personal info

Full name
HEYNE, Richard
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Mogollon, Catron County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
O-712005
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
378th Fighter Squadron,
362nd Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
Near Landau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 27 25

Immediate family

Members
Harris D. Heyne (father)
Marion L. Heyne (mother)
Janet M. Heyne (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-26934
Data
Type: P-47D-27
Destination: Landau, Germany
Mission: M/Y
MACR: 9631

More information

Statement from 2nd Lt William H. Steward:
"While flying blue 3 on a mission to the Landau Area, my flight went in to strafe the M/Y at Landau. My wingman and I circled while blue one and blue two, Lt Heyne, went down in to strafe the M/Y. When they came up through the clouds, we joined them, but Lt Heyne was missing. On looking towards the M/Y, I saw a plane burning and heading into the clouds. That was the last I saw of it."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Carol Bee, http://scarletboy44.tumblr.com , 362nd Fighter Group