Richard E Dickey

Military
media-57848.jpeg UPL 57848 2nd Lieutenant Richard Dickey

Original photo from the Duran Martinez collection.

Object Number - UPL 57848 - 2nd Lieutenant Richard Dickey

Assigned to 441st BS, 320th BG, 12th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) from diversion mission to gun emplacements near Breisach, Germany. Flak hit over the target cut A/C B-26 42-95753 in two just aft of top turret, rolled over into shallow spin, exploded on hitting ground. Killed in Action (KIA) 23-Dec-44 MACR 11591.



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Taboo My Gal
  • Unit: 320th Bomb Group 441st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Flint, MI, USA 14 September 1942

Died

Breisach, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) from diversion mission to gun emplacements near Breisach, Germany. Flak hit over the target cut A/C B-26 42-95753 in two just aft of top turret, rolled over into shallow spin, exploded on hitting ground. KIA 23-Dec-44 MACR 11591.
Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Based

Hethel 23 December 1944 Assigned to 441st BS, 320th BG, 12th AF.

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery Saint-Avold Departement de la Moselle Lorraine, France.

Born

Kent County, MI, USA Son of Earl Hezekiah and Lilla M [McCandless] Dickey.

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