Rodney Lloyd Crick

Military
media-32243.jpeg UPL 32243 "Lt R Crick of the 493rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, wearing the Distinguished Flying Cross 19-Oct-44 England."

Object Number - UPL 32243 - "Lt R Crick of the 493rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, wearing the Distinguished Flying Cross 19-Oct-44 England."

Assigned to 493BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x battle stars).

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Jamestown, NY 14 February 1920 Son of Lloyd Crick.

Enlisted

Buffalo, NY 20 April 1942 Buffalo, New York

Died

San Diego, CA 1 May 2004

Buried

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, CA 4 May 2004 Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history / WWW.491st.org roster

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