Name:
Richard Vincent Loveless
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-736778
Unit:
560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
2003-10-14
State:
Washington D.C.
Cemetery:
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Plot:
Section 1
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Comments:
Bombardier of the B-17 Bomber Slightly Dangerous, taken off from Knettingshall on a mission to Stuttgart, was hit by anti-aircraft fire and attacked by six fighters, shooting four of them down. It crashed at Chapelle-Champigny, damaging a house. The lady-owner was killed. Two members, after successful parachute jumps, got back to England, two others were taken prisoners by the Germans but five others were killed in the crash. Loveless was taken prisoner and at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan-Silesia