Richard Louis Nietert

Military

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions.





Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38183

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lost Angel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron

44-8788

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Allen County, IN 13 March 1921 Son of Gottlieb F and Sophia M [Bradtmueller] Nietert.

Enlisted

Baer Field, Fort Wayne, IN 6 October 1942 Baer Field Fort Wayne Indiana

Died

Gary, IN 24 November 2000

Buried

Saint Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN 28 November 2000 Saint Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/651382905
https://www.fold3.com/record/84289118-richard-l-nietert
https://www.fold3.com/record/38025019-richard-l-nietert
https://www.fold3.com/record/622936257-richard-nietert-1921
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Volume 2: November 1942-July 1945
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53323924/richard-louis-nietert