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Personal info

Full name
RIPLEY, Albert George
Date of birth
10 May 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Seneca, Ontario County, New York
Hometown
Ontario County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-736891
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
704th Bombardment Squadron,
446th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
11 April 1944
Place of death
Near Lohne in Oldenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John L. Ripley (father)
Margaret C. (Oughterson) Ripley (mother)
Donald L. Ripley (brother)
Raymond C. Ripley (brother)
Gordon R. Ripley (brother)
Janet Ripley (sister)
Thelma A. (Updyke) Ripley (wife)
Joan A. Ripley (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
42-99942
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Bernburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 3783

More information

Albert G. Ripley graduated Geneva High School 1939 and Alfred University 1941.

This aircraft B-24J, 42-99942 dropped out of the Group formation into a shallow dive, leveled off again about 7000 feet below former position in formation apparently under control. Up to this time no chutes were seen to come from the plane. After above events the ship was lost to view and no further reports were received regarding the ship.
Statement from John P. Reed, Captain, Air Corps.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, Sheree Dowdle, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - New York State Birth Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com, Penn Yan Democrat 18 January 1946

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, http://www.446bg.com