Vincent Leonard Riel

Military

Shot down by fighters on the return form a mission to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7542 'Black Widow. ' Plane crashed SE of Albert, FR. POW.



According to John Fletcher, tail gunner,



POW

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

People

Marvin Wright Garber

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15095550 / O-678230
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-7542

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Widow
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

28 September 1921

Enlisted

29 January 1941

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

4 February 1944 - 20 July 1945 Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (now Zagan Poland)

Died

29 July 1997

Buried

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Added a connection to the 8th AF and a connection to the 8th AF mission for 4 Feb 1944.

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Added the ending date for the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.

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Added Cemetery location per info on Find A Grave Memorial # 49360281

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WW II Enlistment records; Find-A-Grave memorial # 49360281; WW II POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2248 / MACR 2248, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 50 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database