Samuel Blum

Military

media-43022.jpeg UPL 43022 Richard H. Read Crew
95th BG
Shot down on 6 March 1944

Standing Left to Right: Joseph A.G. Levasseur (BTG). William A. Parry (FE), Henry R. Doudican (TG), Ralph C. Brinson (WG), Harold R. Goodwin (R/O)

Kneeling Left to Right: Richard H. Read (P), Clinton K. Kemper (CP), Samuel Blum (N), Joseph M. Gosselin (B)

Not in photo: Earl V. Moye (WG) 466th Bomb Group collection

Marc Ferrero

Object Number - UPL 43022 - Richard H. Read Crew 95th BG Shot down on 6 March 1944 Standing Left to Right: Joseph A.G. Levasseur (BTG). William A. Parry (FE), Henry R....

Shot down by fighters near Quakenbruck on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-39793. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Richard Henry Read

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-804505
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-39793

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

Places

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Stalag Luft I

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Barth, Germany	15 March 1944 - 1 May 1945	Stalag Luft I Dates are approximate
Born	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Other Shot Down	Goldenstedter Heide, Germany	6 March 1944
Born	Brooklyn, NY		1 Tennis Court

Revisions

Date10 Mar 2023 21:36:54

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added an association to Stalag Luft I per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date4 May 2020 02:56:15

Contributor466thHistorian

Changes

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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2125&h=4504&ti…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:55

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2985 / MACR 2985, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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