Richard Manford Baughn

Military

media-23819.jpeg UPL 23819 1st Lt Richard M Baughn 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Object Number - UPL 23819 - 1st Lt Richard M Baughn 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). EOW.

Awards: SS, LOM, DFC (2 OLC), AM (14 OLC), Bronze Star, WWII Victory, EAME, OCU, AF Commendation Medal (OLC), AF Outstanding Unit Award Ribbon (OLC), UN and Korean medal. USAFE Order of the Sword recipient.

Post war: Remained with USAF, serving in both Korea and Vietnam, rising to the rank of Brigadier General in Dec-72.

He is a command pilot with more than 7,000 flying hours, including 5,000 in jet fighter aircraft. He has flown the P-51, F-51, F-47, F-80, F-84 [B,F, and G], F-86 [E and F], F-100, F-104, F-105, F-4, A-6, F-111, FB-111, KC-135, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter and English Electric Lightning.

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Units served with

364th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

383rd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

44-14279

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Honington

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Honington

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Council Bluffs, IA, USA	26 September 1923
Enlisted	Jefferson Barracks, Lemay Township, MO 63125, USA	1 February 1943	Jefferson Barracks Lemay Township Missouri USA.
Based	Honington	28 October 1944	Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other E/A Destroyed	Germany	23 December 1944	Credited 1 x E/A destroyed.
Other End of War (EOW)	Europe		End of War (EOW)
Other Promotion	Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK		Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
	Omaha, NE, USA
Other Promotion	United States		Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. Received commission and wings.
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD)	England, UK		Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).