FAWCETT Richard S - 766 BS 461 BGH

 

Richard Stanton FAWCETT

 

Richard_Fawcett.jpg

Amherst High School 1939, Amherst, MA

Source : Andy (Ellen Marchese)

NUMBER OF SERVICEO-805801 
AGE23 yo
DATE OF BIRTH22 October 1919 NEW HAMPSHIRE 
ENLISTMENT STATENEW YORK 
FAMILY

Parents : Clifford J & Florence Steer 

RANK
1st Lieutenant first lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot -  B-24 "Liberator" 
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTStudentNY
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON766th Bomber Squadron 
 GROUP461st Bomb Group (Heavy) 
ARMY15th Air Force 
DATE OF DEATH12 July 1944

Richard_Fawcett.jpg

Source : Victor DANIEL

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHLieu-dit Roussoni, between Brue-Aubrac and St-Martin
FLIGHT PLAN 

B-24 Liberator type G-10-NT - s/n 42-78202 "Hi-Ho Silver"

b24

Macr : 6895

Mission : bombing of the Nîmes marshalling yard
Take-off : Torretta (Italy)
Crash: chased by two German fighters Bf.109, the shots of the latter reach the bomb bay causing the charge to explode.

The debris will be widely scattered due to the explosion.

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Luynes Cemetery, Aix-En-Provance N°3551

Luynes Cemetery

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A420
DECORATION

 Air Medal & 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

European African Middle Eastern Campaing Medal

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilot

 

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

EAMECampaign

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 
 
usaf 15af 461bgh 766th_Bombardment_Squadron
STORY

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Nose-art de l'appareil n°50 "Hi-Ho Silver"

(source : 461st.org )


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Headstone inscription and internment record

(source : archives.gov)

1919

(source : Fold3)

Richard_Fawcett.jpg

Source : Andy

 

42-78202

(source : Fold3)

 

Crew of B-24 Liberator type G-10-NT - s/n 42-78202

"Hi-Ho Silver"

 

1Lt Richard Stanton FAWCETT Pilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-805801 - AM+2 - Né en 1920 - Fils de Mr Clifford J. Fawcett - Massachusetts
2Lt Frank Ingvald DENSTAD CoPilot Dead Salt Lake City Cem. X.2.134.5W - Utah
 O-755299 - AM - 24 ans - Epoux de Mme Frank Denstad - Salt Lak City, Utah
2Lt Walter J GRAHAM Navigator Dead Inconnu O-691991 - Fils de Mme Edith Graham - New York, New York
2Lt Robert M SANDERS Bomber Prisoner   O-753079 - Fils de Mr Thomas S. Sanders - Topeka, Kansas
S/Sgt James W KELLY Gunner Prisoner   38108785 - Fils de Mr D.C. Kelly - Petersburg, Tennessee
S/Sgt Lenard S JOHNSON Gunner Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 39125202 - Fils de Mme Maria S. Johnson - Berkeley, California Tué pendant l'attaque
S/Sgt Joseph A BRNETICH Gunner Dead Forest Home Cem. Newberry, Luce Co, Michigan 36083427 - 21 ans - Fils de Mme Louise Brnetich - Newberry, Michigan
S/Sgt Robert J WEISFELD Gunner Prisoner   13119781 - Fils de Mme Francis Weisfeld - Abingdon, Virginia - Camp inconnu
T/Sgt Walter S GLADKOWSKI Mechanic/Gunner Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 11105786 - AM+3 - Fils de Mme Helsa Gladkowski - Springfield, Massachusetts
S/Sgt Duane J LANTOW Gunner Dead Lyons Municipal Cem. Rice Co, Kansas 37213735 - 23 ans - Fils de Mr John G. Lantow - Kansas

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Equipage du B-24 "Hi-Ho Silver".
Richard FAWCETT se tient debout, second en partant de la gauche.

(source : saintmaximin2008.fr )

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOVictor DANIEL - abmc.gov - fold3.com - archives.gov - Ancestry.com - fr.findagrave.com - francecrashes39-45.net - 461st.org - saintmaximin2008.fr
PROGRAMMEURSVictor,  Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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