Richard V Somerville
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 6 December 1942 in B-24 41-23786 while serving as Navigator. Plane crashed into Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Aliceville, Alabama | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 6 December 1942 | Remains were lost in the sea when the aircraft crashed into the English Channel. |
Other Commemorated |
Neupré, Belgium | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery. |
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 9-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 2920; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 9-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 2920; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2920 / MACR 2920, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 52 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database