Rueff Meredith

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Name:

Meredith Rueff

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-740938

Unit:

339th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group

Date of Death:

0000-00-00

State:

Missouri

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Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Comments:

Meredith Rueff was born on January 24, 1918, in St. Louis, Missouri. He served in the 339th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a First Lieutenant and Pilot on the B-17 #42-37808 'Special Delivery' during World War II.

On January 5, 1944, his crew took off from Station 138 airfield in Snetterton Heath, England, for a mission to bomb the Bordeaux-Mérignac airfield in France. Shot down by fighters at 11:30 AM, they evacuated their plane by parachute. Their aircraft crashed near Lesparre-Medoc, France. Of the crew, five members were captured by the Germans and taken as prisoners. The five remaining members were able to evade the capture. 1Lt Rueff was one of the evadees. He returned to the UK on March 24, 1944.

Source of information: francecrashes39-45.net