42-22530 The Kid

P-47D #42-22530 was hit by Flak on a low-level sweep in the Wizernes V-weapons area on 11 March 1944. Pilot Harold S. Riley Jr was Killed In Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 5013.

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Units served with

People

Harold Stevenson Riley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19047574 at enlistment, then O-732368
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Broscocourt, France 11 March 1944 Flak, crashed near Boscrocourt, France

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Sources

Harold Riley's page at http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/87683

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 5013 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database