Philip Dewalt Riblet Jr

Military
media-56033.jpeg UPL 56033 The Augustus C. Tracy Lead Crew. Top Row L-R; Maj. Augustus C. Tracy (Command Pilot), Capt. Philip D. Riblet Jr. (P), 1/Lt. William J. Cleary (CP), 2/Lt. Stanley J. Maixiner (Radar Nav), 1/Lt. Stanley O. Anderson (N), 1/Lt. William J. Fields (Pilotage Nav), 1/Lt. Charles B. Gilfeather (B). Kneeling L-R - S/Sgt. James Dobravec (WG), T/Sgt. Quentin Fackrell (E/TT), S/Sgt. Anton Harkabus (WG), T/Sgt. Thomas Campana (RO), S/Sgt. Franklin Rose (WG), S/Sgt. John Theile (TG).

Photo from the collection of T/Sgt. Thomas J. Campana, 701st Bomb Sqn, 445th Bomb Group

Object Number - UPL 56033 - The Augustus C. Tracy Lead Crew. Top Row L-R; Maj. Augustus C. Tracy (Command Pilot), Capt. Philip D. Riblet Jr. (P), 1/Lt. William J. Cleary (CP),...

Assigned to 701BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert J Toeppe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683881
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Augustus Cadman Tracy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12033140 / O-789623
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (MK-A) of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '445 BG, Roger.'

42-50609

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Skyline Drive
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, OH 16 June 1915 Son of Philip Dewalt Riblet Sr and Mrs Glenn A Gerhart.

Enlisted

25 April 1942

Other

Commissioned

30 June 1942 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Other

Discharged USAF

31 March 1963 Honourable discharge.

Died

Ducktown, TN 8 September 1999

Buried

Fairview Cemetery Galion, Crawford County, OH 11 September 1999 Fairview Cemetery Galion, Crawford County, Ohio

Based

Tibenham Assigned to 701BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/658187003
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143811964
https://www.fold3.com/record/53572233/philip-d-riblet-social-security-d…
https://www.fold3.com/record/628467507/philip-riblet-1915-veterans-affa…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119030902/philip-dewalt-riblet

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Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 56033 - The Augustus C. Tracy Lead Crew. Top Row L-R; Maj...