Richey, Charles Virgil

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Richey, Charles Virgil ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	34352496 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #54 dated 21 July 1943, effective 3 July 1943.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
Last Duty Date	12 August 1943
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands: Plot N Row 21 Grave 4
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 15 August 1921
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 288⇓ (26.475 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 3 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5806⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Oulton, Norfolk, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
11⇗	28 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑30139⇗	Combat Mission Credit Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back with #2 engine trouble. Sortie Report⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3074⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back over North Sea because #3 exhaust manifold blew and pressure went down to 15 inches, making it impossible to keep up with formation. Sortie Report⇗
13⇗	30 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29985⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back ten miles from the English coast due to 'high cylinder head temperatures and rough No. 2 engine.' Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5806⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Hit by flak on the way to the target, then attacked by fighters. Some of crew bailed out before aircraft exploded. Crashed near Volmershofen/Heidgen (5 miles SW of Bonn), Germany. MACR 288 Sortie Report⇗

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