CONNELLY Richard D - 370 FS 359 FG - LORRAINE AMERICAN CEMETERY  de St. Avold, France

 

Richard D. CONNELLY

 

"Dick"

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICEO-692662
AGE22 yo
DATE OF BIRTH23 décembre1921 IOWA
ENLISTMENT STATEIOWA 
FAMILY

Epouse : Maxine Amanda Kern

Daughter

Parents : Joe H. & Ruth E. Wheaton CONNELLY

Sister : Carolyn Jo Connelly Daniels

RANK
First Lieutenant First Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTHardware shop salesman, Harper and Mcintireia
DATE of ENLISTEMENT April 1942
 SQUADRON370th Fighter Squadron
     GROUP359th Fighter Group
ARMY9th Air Force 
DATE OF DEATH27 November 1944

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STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHEhlen,  ALLEMAGNE
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN 
CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  ---N°---

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERY

LORRAINE AMERICAN CEMETERY of Saint Avold

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
B1818
DECORATION & BREVET

Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart Medal 

World War II Victory Medal  

 Pilot license 

 

Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters;

Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Clusters;  

Photo FDLM 

victory medal 

Pilote_Certificat   

 
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STORY
 

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CONNELLY_richard D

Source : Marc Ward

 

CONNELLY_richard D

Source : Marc Ward

 

CONNELLY_richard D

Source : Marc Ward

   On November 27, 1944, Lieutenant Richard D. Connelly, 22 years old from Ottumwa, lowa, was KIA while flying a P-51D Mustang "De De Ill" coded CS-V with the 359th Fighter Group, 370th Fighter Squadron based at East Wretham, England.

After graduating from Ottumwa High School, Lt. Connelly completed his draft registration card on February 16, 1942, in Ottumwa, lowa. He was 5'11° tall, weighed 150 Ibs. with blue eyes and blonde hair. He was employed at Harper and Mcintire, a wholesale hardware business. He enlisted in the United States Army in April, 1942, in Des Moines, lowa.

Following his basic training, Lt. Connelly was transferred to the Army Air Corps. Upon graduation as a Pilot, he received his wings and commission as First Lieutenant in September 1943. While he was stationed at Waycross, Georgia, he and Miss Maxine Kern of Pensacola, Florida, were married on December 27, 1943, in
Waycross. They had one daughter.

On the day he was lost, Lt. Connelly was on a strafing mission to Ehlen, Germany. Near Hoenebach, Germany, the fighter planes in the group encountered enemy fighter planes. Lt. Connelly was in radio contact with the other fighter pilots when his plane was hit by enemy fire from a German Messerschmitt 109 fighter plane. His plane was shot down and although he was able to bail out of the plane, he did not survive. He was reported missing in action. News of his death reached his wife and newborn baby daughter in March 1945.

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