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Sgt Raymond Lee Bridges

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Sgt Raymond Lee Bridges Veteran

Birth
Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, USA
Death
6 Mar 1944 (aged 25)
Haselünne, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
Burial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Plot B Row 42 Grave 44
Memorial ID
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Army Service No. (ASN): 38305984
Unit 418th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death March 6 1944
Buried Plot B Row 42 Grave 44
Recipient of the Purple Heart

MACR: 3016
Serial number: 42-30278, Nickname: Sly Fox, Type: B-17F
Destination: Berlin, Germany; believe to have gone down near Haselünne, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area

CREW MEMBERS:
2LT Zeb Kendall, Jr - Pilot
2LT Edwin J Loughran - Co-Pilot
LT William R Thorpe - Navigator
2LT Clifford L Gowen - Bombardier
SSGT Melvin A Hickman - TTE
TSGT Leman E Tutor, - Radio Operator/Gunner
SGT Reginaldo Aguilo- BTG
SGT Matthew C Aven, Jr - Waist Gunner
SGT Raymond L Bridges - Waist Gunner
SSGT Victor Stoffregen - Turret Gunner

Cenotaph for SGT Raymond L Bridges is located in his Parker Cemetery, Grapeland, Texas
Army Service No. (ASN): 38305984
Unit 418th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death March 6 1944
Buried Plot B Row 42 Grave 44
Recipient of the Purple Heart

MACR: 3016
Serial number: 42-30278, Nickname: Sly Fox, Type: B-17F
Destination: Berlin, Germany; believe to have gone down near Haselünne, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area

CREW MEMBERS:
2LT Zeb Kendall, Jr - Pilot
2LT Edwin J Loughran - Co-Pilot
LT William R Thorpe - Navigator
2LT Clifford L Gowen - Bombardier
SSGT Melvin A Hickman - TTE
TSGT Leman E Tutor, - Radio Operator/Gunner
SGT Reginaldo Aguilo- BTG
SGT Matthew C Aven, Jr - Waist Gunner
SGT Raymond L Bridges - Waist Gunner
SSGT Victor Stoffregen - Turret Gunner

Cenotaph for SGT Raymond L Bridges is located in his Parker Cemetery, Grapeland, Texas

Inscription

SGT 418 BOMB SQ 100 BOMB GP PH
TEXAS

Gravesite Details

Cenotaph for Sgt Bridges is located in his hometown in Parker Cemetery, Grapeland, Texas




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  • Maintained by: Paula and Dale
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56357283/raymond_lee-bridges: accessed ), memorial page for Sgt Raymond Lee Bridges (1 Sep 1918–6 Mar 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56357283, citing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by Paula and Dale (contributor 46489742).