Richard Reinhold Sandberg
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
NB Vollie Dickey and Elden Jenkins are misidentified as each other in the legend attached to the image.
Vollie Dickey identified by Don Sutton, who was raised by Dickie's twin brother.
Object Number - UPL 38850 - A bomber crew of the 95th Bomb Group. NB Vollie Dickey and Elden Jenkins are misidentified as each other in the legend attached to the image.
Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 #42-3264, Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38096920
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735383
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mountain, Wisconsin, USA | 13 May 1919 | Richard Reinhold Sandberg was born May 13, 1919 in Mountain, Wisconsin. His parents Gustof and Maren were both born in Sweden and immigrated to the US in 1910. His father was a farmer. Richard was the youngest of eleven children, he had three older sisters and seven older brothers. His mother passed away in 1930 and his father in 1939. In 1940, Richard had completed high school and was living in Chicago and working as a receiving clerk. He was inducted into the US Army Air Forces in April 1942 and was assigned to the 335th Bomb Squadron of the 95th Bombardment Group as a radio operator. The 95th BG was equipped with B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers and arrived in England in May 1943 to take part in the strategic bombing campaign of occupied Europe. It was initially based in Framlingham and transferred to Horham in June 1943. The 95th BG flew its first combat mission on 13 May 1943 against an airfield near Saint-Omer, France. For the next two months the 95th focused on attacking airfields and V-1 flying bomb launch sites in France. On 26 July 1943 TSgt. Sandberg was flying aboard B-17F 42-3264, one of 92 B-17s assigned to bomb industrial targets in Hanover, Germany. On the run to the target, the group was attacked by close to 100 enemy fighters. TSgt. Sandberg’s aircraft was hit by enemy antiaircraft fire, which knocked out two engines, and crashed near Bremen, west of River Elbe. All 10 crewmembers aboard 42-3264 were killed in action. Richard Reinhold Sandberg is memorialized in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Netherlands. |
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Died |
26 July 1943 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 26 July 1943 |
Revisions
Added S/N per MACR 193 for A/C # 42-3264 at Fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/29420251
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 193 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database