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 | Mervyn L. Richards Died in the service of our country
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| About Mervyn L.: | US Army Air Force, 527th Bomber Squadron, 379 Bomber Group, Heavy. Mervyn served as a Second Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on B-17G "Mairzy Doats" #42-107146, 527th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Mervyn was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 developed engine trouble and ditched in the North Sea west of Haarlem, Holland during the war He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. Service # O-824227 Buried in Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England Bill Porter, Class Mate and Best Friend wrote this: "Co-Poliot, B-17,379 Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron. Missing in Action on his 3rd Mission, 26 August 1944, Airplane down in the North Sea 2 survivours. 'Soapy" was my best frined, and my most personal loss during WWII". |
| Additional information: | Airmen who perished on B-17G #42-107146: Boone, Warren H, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, TX Chaffin, Howard E ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, TN Gallagher, Gerard J ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NY Kriedeman, Richard C ~ Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, CA Lively, George M ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX Richards, Mervyn L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, NJ Spencer, Edwin C ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, NY Airmen who survived from B-17G #42-107146: Marlatt, Charles J ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, PA Stover, Donald A ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, TX |
