Richard L Bedford
MilitaryShot down 12 June 1944 over France west of Paris. Evaded. Captured August 1944-Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Stalag III-Liberated at Moosburg April 1945.
Awards: DFC, AM (3 OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rochester, New York | 17 April 1922 | |
Based |
Raydon | 26 January 1944 - 12 June 1944 | Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Crashed |
Metfield, Harleston IP20, UK | 12 April 1944 | Ground Loop Metfield/Sta 366 Cat 4 damage 2Lt Richard L Bedford, 12-Apr-44. P-47D 42-76543 - 350FS 353FG 8AF |
Other Promotion |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK | 19 May 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 12 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Shot down |
Paris, France | 12 June 1944 | Shot down 12 June 1944 over France west of Paris. Initially evaded (EVD). Captured (POW). |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self