Richard Charles Muir

Military
media-48800.jpeg UPL 48800 Combat Crew of the 416th BG - 671st Bomb Squadron - 9th AF on the occasion of the groups 200th combat mission
Standing Left to Right: Richard C. Muir (B/N), David L. Willetts (P/Sqdn CO), Peter G Royalty (Sqdn B/N), John W. Rose (G)

Object Number - UPL 48800 - Combat Crew of the 416th BG - 671st Bomb Squadron - 9th AF on the occasion of the groups 200th combat mission Standing Left to Right: Richard C....

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group Headquarters (416th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-22629
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot - Deputy Grp Commander - Group Commander
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-739723
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747882
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-35369
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot - Squadron Commander

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Disagreable 4
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Jiggs
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Dinah Might
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Columbus, Ohio 15 January 1922
Grove City, Ohio 30 June 1942 Worked for Jaeger Machine Company in Columbus, OH

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Waxweiler, Germany 23 December 1944

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Tubingen, Germany 17 April 1945

Died

Columbus, Ohio 6 June 1995

Buried

Grove City, Ohio 9 June 1995 Concord Cemetery Grove City, Franklin County, Ohio, USA

Enlisted

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