Pearce Richard C.

Name:

Richard C. Pearce

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

32143739

Unit:

863rd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group (Heavy)

Date of Death:

1945-01-13

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Hope Cemetery, South Corning, New York

Plot:

Lot 237

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Richard C. Pearce was born in 1921 in Corning, New York. He was the son of Claude V Pearce.

Richard served in the 863rd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator on the B-17G #43-38271 'Big Buster' during World War II. He was Killed in Action on January 13, 1945, when his B-17 was hit by flak and crashed at Bauscheim, Germany. But, according to www.findagrave.com, he died in a POW camp in Germany.

Sgt Pearce is now buried in the Hope Cemetery, South Corning, Steuben County, New York, USA.

B-17G #43-38271 'Big Buster' crew:
Norman Lamoreaux, Sam Gordon, Tom Tucker, Ralend Rhodes, Dick Pearce, Irving Weiss, Doug Carlock, Jerome Eaton, Ellsworth Gustafson

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.americanairmuseum.com