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JOSEPH, Richard Peter - Date of
birth
9 June 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio -
Hometown
Lucas County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-688705 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
571st Bombardment Squadron,
390th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
5 June 1944 - Place of
death
English Channel
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Thomas T. Joseph (father)
Dorothy Joseph (mother)
Delores Joseph (sister)
Robert A. Joseph (brother)
Judith J. Joseph (daughter)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-39887 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Pickle Dropper IV
Destination: Boulogne, France
MACR: 5480
More information
At 0931 hours just north of Dieppe, A/C 887 received a burst of flak in left wing. A/C peeled out of formation under control with either #1 or #2 engine burning. At 0945 hours, aircraft observed burning on water at 5042N-0057E. Eight chutes were reported.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Ohio, U.S. Birth Index
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-11 Childress Army Air Field Texas / Pilot 43-I Stamford AFS Texas