Richard Joseph Kindig
Military
Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy.
Front, left to right : Eugene Szulczewski, Paul Dickerson, Richard Kindig (not Kindic !) and Andrew Marcin (not Marsin !) Hutchinson & Cortright
Corrected 2 names in the crew photo
MACR 4938
Object Number - UPL 24438 - Crew members of Bomb' N Belle : Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy. Front, left to right : Eugene...
Shot down 20 May 1944 in B-17 #42-37864. Evaded with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. See the full story of his evasion at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fkindigrj.html.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35201269
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16037453 at enlistment, then O-568222
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12120493 at enlistment, then O-700733
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33261086
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16089784
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 20 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
South Bend, Indiana, USA | 23 June 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
8 March 1943 | Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio | |
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Other bailed out |
20 May 1944 | of B-17 42-37864 and landed near Opgrimbie, Limburg province, Belgium | |
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Other evaded capture |
20 May 1944 - 2 September 1944 | with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Hidden in various places in belgium, he was ultimately led to a secret camp in the Belgian Ardennes. liberated with the arrival of American troops. | |
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Other flown back to England |
5 September 1944 | ||
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Died |
25 December 1986 | Lafayette, Indiana | |
| South Bend, Indiana | |||
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Buried |
Richard Kindig rests at the Saint Boniface Cemetery in Lafayette, Indiana |
Revisions
It's Kindig, not Kindic !
MACR 4938
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion report E&E 1433
Own research about him for the www.evasioncomete.org website
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4938 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database