Richard Elwood Webster
Military
Rear L-R: 2Lt Calder L Wise, 1Lt John W Hendry, 1Lt Richard L Kruse, 1Lt Bernard T McNamara, 2Lt Richard E. Webster.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John C Arasin, S/Sgt John J Doherty, T/Sgt James J Brown, S/Sgt Olwin L Humphries, S/Sgt Howard L. Abney, T/Sgt Loran C Biddle.
Object Number - UPL 36712 - "Lt. Kruse and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 20 July 1943." Rear L-R: 2Lt...
Assigned to 358BS, 303BS, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat mission.
Shot down 20-Oct-43 in B-17 #41-24629, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1032.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Camp Hill, PA | 21 August 1918 | Son of Charles Elmer Webster |
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Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | 10 March 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 20 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Bailed out - POW |
Valenciennes, France | 20 October 1943 | Shot down 20-Oct-43 in B-17 41-24629. |
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Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 358BS, 303BS, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to the 8th AF mission #116 for 20 Oct 1943.
Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1032 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
