Rader, Richard Eugene

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Rader, Richard Eugene ‡ ⇗
Rank	First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-734835 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders & 65 dated 24 March 1944, effective 24 March 1944.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	24 April 1944
Results	Evaded Capture
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 8 February 1923 Graduated from Bombardier School at Williams Field, Mesa, Arizona, Class #42-17, 17 December 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4355⇓ (7.660 MB) Escape & Evasion Report # 1102⇓ (5.049 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Brown, Robert Harold⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Kell, Joseph Wilfred⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Rule, Johnson William⇗	Navigator	EV
1st Lt. Rader, Richard Eugene	Bombardier	EV
S/SGT. Sturak, Stanley John⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Smith, Dewey Carlyle⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Roberson, Charles William⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Vann, George Daniel, Jr⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Atkins, James Asa⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. McManus, Cornelius Patrick⇗	Flexible Gunner	EV

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
93⇗	22 April 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Bombardier	42‑97320⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to battle damage. Sortie Report⇗
94⇗	24 April 1944	Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Bombardier	42‑31346⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low Squadron lead, lead group. Received direct flak burst at 1201 hrs 40 miles east of Paris; fire observed in nose with smoke coming out of cockpit; four chutes, only three opened; crashed SE of Cézanne, France. MACR 4355 Sortie Report⇗

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