Richard Germaine Atckison
MilitaryAssigned to 37FS, 14FG, 12AF USAAF. Transferred to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.
Involved in fatal Mid Air collision with 343FS P-38J 42-67479 (Lt Raymond L Sumpter) on 6-Feb-44. Returned to Duty (RTD). Completed (End) Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-740304
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Los Angeles County, CA, USA | 31 May 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 20 February 1941 | |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Algeria | 8 April 1943 | E/A destroyed Mediterranean. |
Other Transferred |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | 27 January 1944 - 13 March 1944 | Transferred to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Mid Air Collision |
Le Havre, France | 6 February 1944 | Involved in fatal Mid Air collision with 343FS P-38J 42-67479 (Lt Raymond L Sumpter) on 6-Feb-44. Returned to Duty (RTD). MACR 2149. |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 13 March 1944 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
Died |
South Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA | 22 February 1998 | |
Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Other Assigned |
Hamilton Way, California City, CA 93505, USA | 21 January 1944 | Assigned to 37FS, 14FG, 12AF USAAF. |
Cambria, CA, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces, WWW.55th.org roster,;
- Double Nickel Double Trouble, Pg 45