Richard Lee Snyder

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 62589 - F/O Richard L. Snyder

Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 5 missions. Shot down 17-Aug-43 in B-17 42-5860 'Escape Kit', Killed in Action (KIA).

 

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Curtis Biddick
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-729797
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mugwump, Rum Boogie II
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
Woodward Crew - "Poontang"/"Escape Kit"
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Escape kit
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas City, Missouri 23 August 1922 Born Kansas City, Missouri

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks, Missouri 7 December 1940 Enlisted Jefferson Barracks, Missouri

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Schweinberg, Germany 17 August 1943 Killed in Action (KIA) Schweinberg, Germany

Buried

Memorial Park Cemetery Kansas City, Missouri 1 January 1948 Re-Interred Memorial Park Cemetery Kansas City, Missouri

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 675 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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