Ralph Robert Pulcipher
Military384thbombgroup.com
42-5843 'BLACK GHOST' shot down 6 September 1943 by fighters and flak; crashed near Beauvais, France; MACR 1455.
Escape and Evasion Report Number 168
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14078782
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735980
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13043315
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35328989
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729432
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 6 September 1943
- Date: 3 September 1943
- Date: 31 August 1943
- Date: 27 August 1943
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
5 October 1919 | ||
Other Assigned |
1 February 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, as crew pilot. | |
Other evaded |
Beauvais, France | 6 September 1943 |
Revisions
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2016-01-24 Information from two duplicate records added.
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/175796
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/175797
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