Richard Anthony Matheis

Military

Was on board B-24 #42-52627 on 12 July 1944. Hit by Flak, put on fire, 2 engines out, forced to make an emergency landing 5km East of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 6936. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Crew: 8th Air Force, 453rd Bomb Group, 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-760532
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Crew: 8th Air Force, 453rd Bomb Group, 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-768498
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12153055
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38564158
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Crew: 8th Air Force, 453rd Bomb Group, 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37484991
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Garden City, New York

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Connection with Julius Gordon

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MACR 6936

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6939