Brigadier General Richard A Knobloch, USAF (Ret) entered military service in 1940. At the start of World War II, he volunteered to participate in a secret mission to be led by General Jimmy Doolittle. This culminated in the first bombing of Tokyo on 18 April 1942. He later flew more than 50 additional missions against the Japanese forces. Served as Air Attache in the American Embassy in Italy and his last assignment was commander of Andrews Air Force Base.
Awards: Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross with Cluster, Air Medal and other U.S. and foreign decorations.
Richard A. Knobloch
DATE OF BIRTH: 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH: West Allis, Wisconsin
HOME OF RECORD: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Richard Knobloch was one of the 80 airmen who, under the leadership of Jimmy Doolittle, disembarked from the U.S.S. Hornet in the first bombing raid over Tokyo in World War II. After the raid he remained in the China-Burma-India theater where he flew more than 60 bombing missions before returning home in 1943. He retired in 1970 as a U.S. Air Force Brigadier General.
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army Air Forces
Division: Doolittle Tokyo Raider Force
GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department General Orders No. 65 (1942)
CITATION: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Richard A. Knobloch, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Co-Pilot of a B-25 Bomber of the 1st Special Aviation Project (Doolittle Raider Force), while participating in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland on 18 April 1942. Lieutenant Knobloch with 79 other officers and enlisted men volunteered for this mission knowing full well that the chances of survival were extremely remote, and executed his part in it with great skill and daring. This achievement reflects high credit on himself and the military service.
Son of William F Knobloch and Mary M Shanks
Awards: Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross with Cluster, Air Medal and other U.S. and foreign decorations.
Richard A. Knobloch
DATE OF BIRTH: 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH: West Allis, Wisconsin
HOME OF RECORD: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Richard Knobloch was one of the 80 airmen who, under the leadership of Jimmy Doolittle, disembarked from the U.S.S. Hornet in the first bombing raid over Tokyo in World War II. After the raid he remained in the China-Burma-India theater where he flew more than 60 bombing missions before returning home in 1943. He retired in 1970 as a U.S. Air Force Brigadier General.
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army Air Forces
Division: Doolittle Tokyo Raider Force
GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department General Orders No. 65 (1942)
CITATION: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Richard A. Knobloch, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Co-Pilot of a B-25 Bomber of the 1st Special Aviation Project (Doolittle Raider Force), while participating in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland on 18 April 1942. Lieutenant Knobloch with 79 other officers and enlisted men volunteered for this mission knowing full well that the chances of survival were extremely remote, and executed his part in it with great skill and daring. This achievement reflects high credit on himself and the military service.
Son of William F Knobloch and Mary M Shanks
Brigadier General Richard A Knobloch, USAF (Ret) entered military service in 1940. At the start of World War II, he volunteered to participate in a secret mission to be led by General Jimmy Doolittle. This culminated in the first bombing of Tokyo on 18 April 1942. He later flew more than 50 additional missions against the Japanese forces. Served as Air Attache in the American Embassy in Italy and his last assignment was commander of Andrews Air Force Base.
Awards: Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross with Cluster, Air Medal and other U.S. and foreign decorations.
Richard A. Knobloch
DATE OF BIRTH: 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH: West Allis, Wisconsin
HOME OF RECORD: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Richard Knobloch was one of the 80 airmen who, under the leadership of Jimmy Doolittle, disembarked from the U.S.S. Hornet in the first bombing raid over Tokyo in World War II. After the raid he remained in the China-Burma-India theater where he flew more than 60 bombing missions before returning home in 1943. He retired in 1970 as a U.S. Air Force Brigadier General.
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army Air Forces
Division: Doolittle Tokyo Raider Force
GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department General Orders No. 65 (1942)
CITATION: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Richard A. Knobloch, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Co-Pilot of a B-25 Bomber of the 1st Special Aviation Project (Doolittle Raider Force), while participating in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland on 18 April 1942. Lieutenant Knobloch with 79 other officers and enlisted men volunteered for this mission knowing full well that the chances of survival were extremely remote, and executed his part in it with great skill and daring. This achievement reflects high credit on himself and the military service.
Son of William F Knobloch and Mary M Shanks
Awards: Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross with Cluster, Air Medal and other U.S. and foreign decorations.
Richard A. Knobloch
DATE OF BIRTH: 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH: West Allis, Wisconsin
HOME OF RECORD: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Richard Knobloch was one of the 80 airmen who, under the leadership of Jimmy Doolittle, disembarked from the U.S.S. Hornet in the first bombing raid over Tokyo in World War II. After the raid he remained in the China-Burma-India theater where he flew more than 60 bombing missions before returning home in 1943. He retired in 1970 as a U.S. Air Force Brigadier General.
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army Air Forces
Division: Doolittle Tokyo Raider Force
GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department General Orders No. 65 (1942)
CITATION: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Richard A. Knobloch, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Co-Pilot of a B-25 Bomber of the 1st Special Aviation Project (Doolittle Raider Force), while participating in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland on 18 April 1942. Lieutenant Knobloch with 79 other officers and enlisted men volunteered for this mission knowing full well that the chances of survival were extremely remote, and executed his part in it with great skill and daring. This achievement reflects high credit on himself and the military service.
Son of William F Knobloch and Mary M Shanks
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