Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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262311

Cpl. Richard Frank "RF" Pettit

US Army Air Force 778th Sqdn. 464th Bombardment Group

from:Pattonville, Texas

262311_Richard Frank Pettit_778th Bomb Sqdn., 464th Bomb Grp., USAAF_1

He was the top turret gunner in a B-24 Liberator bomber when the aircraft was shot down over Vienna, Austria on March 22, 1945 during his 13th bombing mission.

After parachuting down into the middle of town, he was captured, taken to Graz, Austria, and imprisoned. Later, he was lined up with 12 other prisoners in front of a firing squad. They were then dismissed and told that they would be shot the next morning. He was force-marched and eventually ended up in Stalag 7a.

262311_Richard Frank Pettit_778th Bomb Sqdn., 464th Bomb Grp., USAAF_2



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