Richard Hunley Pendleton Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9th AF for Ploesti raid. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 42-40371 'G. I. Gal' 1-Aug-43; crashed Ploesti Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2412
Awards: DFC, POW, WWWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731899
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: GI Gal
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
No Tonawanda, New York | 29 June 1918 | Son of Richard Hunley Sr and Evelyn Catherine [Oelkers] Pendleton. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 1-Aug-43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti Raid in B-24 'G. I. Gal' 42-40371. |
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Died |
Odessa, TX | 22 December 1954 | |
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Buried |
Sunset Memorial Gardens Odessa, Ector County, TX | 25 December 1954 | Sunset Memorial Gardens Odessa, Ector County, Texas |
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Based |
Shipdham | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2412