Richard Jose Andrino

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-48379.jpeg UPL 48379 Lt's Richard Andrino and Orvil Burwell, 356FG.

Object Number - UPL 48379 - Lt's Richard Andrino and Orvil Burwell, 356FG.

Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) area support mission to Bonn in P-51 44-15307. Chasing a Fw190 at low level in the vicinity of Bonn, Germany when the E/A pulled up and over a small copse of trees, following closely, A/C hit trees and ploughed in, disintegrating. 25-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11455.



Awards: PH.



Many years later, his friend and fellow 360th Fighter Squadron pilot Ed Nebinger wrote in his memoir that 'every Christmas day, as we sit down to our Christmas dinner, we fill a wine glass and drink a quiet toast to those who are no longer with us. Andy is one of those who is very much in our minds.'

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
  • Service Numbers: 19166967 / O-711944
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
A P-51 Mustang (PI-W, serial number 44-15056) nicknamed "Jackie" of the 356th Fighter Group in flight, flown by Captain Jack W "Wild Bill" Crump. Image via Herbert Rutland, 356th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Germany '45, Combat mission, Wild Bill Crump.' Handwritten on duplicate print: 'Returning from escort mission - Germany, 1945. The duplicate print is taken from a negative copy of a 35mm slide. Taken on mission of 24 March 1945. Pilot Bill Crump finished his tour shortly after this, and th
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 333153 / O-710961
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818410
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Stanislaus County, CA, USA 10 January 1924 Son of Esteban Pinuela and Elizabeth A Andrino.

Enlisted

Stockton Field, 2498 Boulevard Del Campo, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, USA 12 October 1942 Stockton Field, California

Other

Assigned

Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK 20 August 1944 - 25 December 1944 Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Bonn, Germany 25 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) area support mission to Bonn in P-51 44-15307. Chasing a Fw190 at low level in the vicinity of Bonn, Germany when the E/A pulled up and over a small copse of trees, following closely, A/C hit trees and ploughed in, disintegrating. 25-Dec-44. Pilot 1st Lt Richard J Andrino Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11455.

Other

Promotion

Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Buried

Turlock Memorial Park Turlock Stanislaus County CA Turlock Memorial Park Turlock Stanislaus County California, USA.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

'Lady Doreen' by Edward M Nebinger, a memoir of his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot with the 356th Fighter Group, published in 2013. Quote from page 336.

Date
ContributorLucyd
Changes
Sources

Combined two entries into a single entry. Record includes information from the following sources:
MACR 11455 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
http://www.fold3.com/image/46700290/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Andrino&GSfn=Rich…;

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11455 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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