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Henry Harold Doudican Jr

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).

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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 IV

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	New Bedford, MA	23 September 1919
Enlisted	Boston, MA	7 August 1942
Other Shot Down	Goldenstedter Heide, Germany	6 March 1944
Other Prisoner of war	Tychowo, Poland	15 March 1944	Stalag Luft IV
Died	Falmouth, MA	21 July 1983
Buried	Bourne, MA	24 July 1983	Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Plot 2, 0, 932
	Hyannis, MA