RILEY Harold S - 487 FS 352 FG

Harold Stevenson RILEY Jr

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Source : USAAF Class Book Photo Project

NUMBER OF SERVICE

O-732368

AGE

DATE OF BIRTH

12 March 1921 Portland, Multnomah, OREGON

ENLISTMENT STATE

OREGON

FAMILY

Parents : Harold S RILEY & Béatrice P

RANK

First Lieutenant

FONCTION

Pilot

JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

SQUADRON

487th Fighter Squadron

GROUP

352nd Fighter Group

ARMY

8th Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

11 March 1944

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Source : Angy

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Boscrocourt - Cne de St-Rémy-Boscrocourt (1,5 km NE)

6 km SE Le Tréport

PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN

P-47 Thunderbolt - type D-2-RA - s/n 42-22530 HO*R "The Kid"

p47 thunderbolt

Macr : 5013
Mission : Armed reconnaissance on Wizernes (62)
Takeoff station 141 Bodney, Norfolk UK - Crash observed by Maj George E Preddy
Shot down by the flak - Crash and huge explosion

(Capt G E Preddy speaks of a "terrible explosion" in his report) at 09:05

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMETERY COMMUNALE of St Rémy

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of St André N°3572

3572 St André

Story of Cemetery Temporary

CEMETERY

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
A	14	40

DECORATION & BADGE

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Distinguished Flying Cross

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilote - Pilot license

Awards Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Distinguished Flying Cross;

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

STORY

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Source : Ancestry

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Recensement fédéral des États-Unis de 1930

Source : Ancestry

On March 11, 1944, it was 9:00 am when aU.S.A.A.F. squadron of P47 fighters flew over the village of Saint-Rémy in the direction of Etocquigny/Boscrocourt.

On the plain, they are caught in a D.C.A. fire.

A few seconds later, the residents hear a huge explosion and see a large black smoke rising above Boscrocourt.

Jacques CAHON, Paul DOUAY, their parents, rush through the fields towards this smoke, soon arrive behind a pasture where about ten apple trees are sectioned at ground level and in their alignment, at the bottom, the dislocated cabin of an aircraft.

Heading towards him, they make a truly macabre discovery.

In the grass lies the pilot’s cranial cup.

Immediately, they report this horrible discovery to the chief of the fire brigade, who have already arrived on the other side of the meadow.

It is Marcel DUPONT who takes care of it with respect.

The pilot Harold S. Riley is registered at the civil registry of Saint-Rémy and buried in the cemetery of our commune.

After the Liberation, his remains were transferred to the American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer in Calvados.

(source: Saint-Rémy-Boscrocourt - Mémoire et vie du village - Tome II - 1938/1950)

Source : Baromesnil.canalblog.com

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1st Lieutenant Harold S. Riley
Source: Sam Sox Jr. & Baromesnil.canalblog.com

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Five Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots who knocked five German fighters out of the sky when the latter tried to go to work on a flak-battered staggering Boeing B-17 fortress near Bremen. Lt Riley is lower right, first row
Source : Frogman

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