Richard Gordon Scharch
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 54033 - T/Sgt Richard G Scharch, 303BG.
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-799327
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-668248
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18014955 at enlistment, then O-421102
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-571974
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19026448 / O-728891
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sky Wolf
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Angels
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Meat Hound
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jersey Bounce Jr
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Old Squaw
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 6 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
- Date: 29 January 1944
- Date: 30 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Milwaukee County, WI | 14 January 1921 | Son of George and Magdalene [Meyer] Scharch. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 31 March 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
|
Other Wounded |
25 February 1944 | Minor injury from flak on final mission. Plane-Ole George Target- Messerschmitt A/C Factory - Augsburg, Germany. | |
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Died |
Camarillo, CA | 13 December 2013 | |
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Buried |
Conejo Mountain Memorial ParkCamarillo,Ventura County, CA | 20 December 2013 | Conejo Mountain Memorial Park Camarillo, Ventura County, California |
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Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
People associated added-
http://www.scharch.org/Rich_Scharch/TSgt%20RG%20Scharch.htm
Missions added-
http://www.scharch.org/Rich_Scharch/TSgt%20RG%20Scharch.htm
Correction of name of plane in description of event. See previous contribution for source.
Event added (wounded)-
http://www.scharch.org/Rich_Scharch/TSgt%20RG%20Scharch.htm
Additional role/job added, associated groups added-
http://www.scharch.org/Rich_Scharch/TSgt%20RG%20Scharch.htm
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-rs.html#R
