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RICHARDS, Arthur Harold - Date of
birth
12 December 1921 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa -
Hometown
Vallecito, Calaveras County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
T-122885 -
Rank
Flight Officer -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
750th Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
24 August 1944 - Place of
death
Near Hatmannsdorf, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 5 | 46 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Arthur E. Richards (father)
Maybel E. (Steward) Richards (mother)
Shirley G. Richards (sister)
Marion Richards (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-97571 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Weimar, Germany
Mission: Bombing of a V-2 rocket site
MACR: 8201
More information
F/O Arthur H. Richards was employed at an aircraft factory before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 7 October 1942.The airplane was hit by flak over the target. It dove out of formation with a wing on fire, spiraled down, pulled up into a stall and one wing and the tail came off. The plane then went into a spin and exploded at about 10,000 feet.
F/O Richards didni't leave the airplane.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / Strauss Family Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Russell S. Pickett / Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com