Richard Garlichs
Military
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UPL 17419
Crew #754 - enlisted men
Francis L. Bell Crew
Standing Left to Right: Bruce Courser (FE), Van Such (WG), Jake Winn (TG)
Kneeling Left to Right: George Yarborough (NG), Richard Garlich (R/O), Robert Baumann (BTG) 466th Bomb Group collection
Francis L. Bell Crew
Standing Left to Right: Bruce Courser (FE), Van Such (WG), Jake Winn (TG)
Kneeling Left to Right: George Yarborough (NG), Richard Garlich (R/O), Robert Baumann (BTG) 466th Bomb Group collection
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-362591
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot - Squadron Executive Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33427243
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Delores Jean
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Peggy Ann
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Glad Ta See Ya
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hard Luck
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: This Above All
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Missions
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New York, NY, USA | 11 March 1920 | |
Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 25 March 1943 | |
Other Survived Mid-Air Collision |
Gooderstone, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE33, UK | 16 September 1944 | Was able to successfully bail out of his fatally damaged a/c after it collided with another group B-24 on a practice mission. |
Died |
Ridge, NY, USA | 30 May 1988 | |
Buried |
Calverton, NY, USA | 3 June 1988 | Calverton National Cemetery Calverton Suffolk County New York, USA Plot: 12, 0, 1679 |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
David Bridgers' entry in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p 56
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p 343
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p345