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Richard L. BELL
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Source : Arnaud Gate | |||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 15054420 | ||||||
| AGE | 21 ans | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH |
12 July 1922 Shelby County, OHIO | ||||||
| ETAT | OHIO | ||||||
| FAMILY | Parents : Herbert C. & Martha J. Murphy BELL | ||||||
| RANK | Staff Sergeant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Gunner | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Farm hands, general farms |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 14 august 1940 Fort Thomas Newport KENTUCKY | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 360th Bomb Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 303rd Bomb Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 12 june 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Cambrai | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107048 PU*M "Tangerine"
Macr: 5626 Mission: Cambrai (59) et Epinoy (62): aérodromes Takeoff station 107 Molesworth , CAMBRIDGESHIRE Shot by the flak - 09h14 | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMETERY TEMPORARY of St André N°3572
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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| STORY | |||||||
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Their daily missions were sites in France, Belgium, Germany ... In total Roy carried out 37 bombing missions, only 30 are credited between March 08 and June 12, 1944 June 05, 1944 combat mission 171 site bombing order in the Cotentin area of AZEVILLE and LESSAY. On June 6, 1944 combat mission 174 bombardment of VIRE the objective was to cut off the arrival of German reinforcements. On June 12, 1944 combat mission 178 bombardment of Cambrai and Epinoy aerodrome on B-17 numbered 42-107048 named Tangerine. The bomber was hit by the flak between Engine 2 and the fuselage. A second burst hit the bomb bay, the plane caught fire ... | |||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107048 PU*M
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| 1st Lieutenant | Roy EISELE | Pilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-745655 - DFC/AM+3 - CALIFORNIA | ||||
| 2nd Lieutenant | Louis F Jr GIRARD | CoPilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-682848 - DFC/AM+3 - WEST VIRGINIA | ||||
| 2nd Lieutenant | Melvin GLADSTONE | Bomber | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-746877 - DFC/AM+3 - ILLINOIS | ||||
| 2nd Lieutenant | Murray SCHENKER | Navigator | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-694734 - DFC/AM+3 - NEW YORK | ||||
| T/Sergeant | Louis M | COWLEY | Mechanic/Gunner | Dead | Forest Home Cem. Forest Park, ILLINOIS | 16038217 - 23 yo - Son of Louis B and June (Morton) Cowley, ILLINOIS | |||
| T/Sergeant | Ralph MILLARD | Radio | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 35521469 - DFC/AM+3 - Ohio | ||||
| S/Sergeant | Efrain | LONGORIA | Gunner | Dead | Fort Sam Houston Nat Cem. San Antonio, TEXAS | 38365009 - 20 ans - Né le 12/03/1924 - TEXAS | |||
| S/Sergeant | Szymon FRIEDMAN | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 32228384 - DFC/AM+3/PH - NEW YORK | ||||
| S/Sergeant | Richard L BELL | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 15054420 - AM+2 - OHIO | ||||
| S/Sergeant | Edward Joseph | VALLEE | Gunner | Prisonnier - NEW YORK - Initially escaped, is arrested, probably victim of Jacques Desoubrie - Interned in Fresnes (94)– One of the 168 Allied airmen deported to Buchenwald on 15/08/1944 and sent to Sagan's Stalag Luft III - during the Sagan evacuation of January 45, is folded on the Stalag VIIA where he is released by US troops the 29/04/1945 | |||||
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(Back) 1Lt Roy Eisele (P)(KIA)*, 2Lt Louis F. Girard (CP)(KIA)*, | |||||||||
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Aerosteles.net - Francecrashes39-45.net - Clive TIRLEMONT - 303rdbg.com - aad.archives.gov - Findagrave.com- Frédéric LAVERNHE |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |