Richard Leroy Briggs
MilitaryAssigned to 735BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters and crashed at Mangelsdorf on 6/21/44 in B-24 Archibald 41-28591 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5933.
Awards: DFC, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794732
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Archibald
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
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 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
19 October 1919 | Son of Don H Briggs. | |
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Other Shot down |
21 June 1944 | Shot down by fighters and crashed at Mangelsdorf on 21-Jun-/44 in B-24 Archibald 41-28591 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5993. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
21 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. | |
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Died |
7 April 2002 | ||
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Buried |
11 April 2002 | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona | |
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Born |
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Based Assigned |
21 June 1944 | Assigned to 735BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5933