Richard A Albert
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Capt McGarrigle, 56 FG Public Relations Officer, via Peter Randall, http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/
Object Number - UPL 15691 - 2nd Lt Richard A Albert
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Mid-air collision during local training flight on 5-Feb-44 in P-47D 42-7943 and crashed near Wangford, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Assigned |
Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | 27 January 1944 - 5 February 1944 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Wangford, Suffolk | 5 February 1944 | Mid-air collision during local training flight on 5-Feb-44 in P-47D 42-7943 and crashed near Wangford, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Born |
LaSalle, NY | Son of Victor A and Marion [Landreth] Albert. | |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton South Cambridgeshire District Cambridgeshire, England. Plot A Row 2 Grave 17 | ||
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Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | ||
| New York, NY, USA |
Revisions
American Battle Monuments Commission
http://wangfordweb.co.uk/16.html
http://eastangliamemorials.blogspot.co.uk/
Find A Grave Memorial# 56287305
Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
