Vincent Leonard Riel
MilitaryShot down by fighters on the return form a mission to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7542 'Black Widow. ' Plane crashed SE of Albert, FR. POW.
According to John Fletcher, tail gunner,
POW
Connections
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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: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095550 / O-678230
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Black Widow
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
28 September 1921 | ||
Enlisted |
29 January 1941 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
4 February 1944 - 20 July 1945 | Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (now Zagan Poland) | |
Died |
29 July 1997 | ||
Buried |
Revisions
Added a connection to the 8th AF and a connection to the 8th AF mission for 4 Feb 1944.
Added the ending date for the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.
Added Cemetery location per info on Find A Grave Memorial # 49360281
WW II Enlistment records; Find-A-Grave memorial # 49360281; WW II POW records
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2248 / MACR 2248, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 50 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database