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SANDBERG, Richard Reinhold - Date of
birth
13 May 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Mountain, Oconto County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Armstrong, Oconto County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36329923 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner -
Unit
335th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 July 1943 - Place of
death
Bremen, west of river Elbe, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Gustave J. Sandberg (father)
Maria (Matsdotter) Sandberg (mother)
Anna N. Sandberg (sister)
Matias N. Sandberg (brother)
Johs R. Sandberg (brother)
Elvira Sandberg (sister)
Hugo N. Sandberg (brother)
Sigurd M. Sandberg (brother)
Olof R. Sandberg (brother)
Nels E. Sandberg (brother)
Elsie Sandberg (sister)
Linnea Sandberg (sister)
Elvin E. Sandberg (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3264 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Angel of Destruction
Destination: Hannover, Germany
Mission: Bombing of rubber factories
MACR: 193
More information
Richard Sandberg attended high school for four years and worked in a machine shop.He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 9 April 1942.
The airplane was shot down by enemy aircraft and flak, which knocked out two engines. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Sandberg Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Green Bay Press-Gazette
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.95thbg.com