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
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
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SGT 418 BOMB SQ 100 BOMB GP PH
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Cenotaph for Sgt Bridges is located in his hometown in Parker Cemetery, Grapeland, Texas
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