Name:
Richard Harry Whitaker
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-707467
Unit:
762nd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-06-30
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
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On a B-24 Liberator participating in a mission to bomb an oil refinery in Blechammer, Germany when the plane was shot down by German aircraft and crashed into a swampy area near Nemesvita, Hungary beside Lake Balaton on 30 Jun 44. The airplane was returning to its base in Italy.