The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Ralph E. Richardson Jr., an Airman killed during World War II, will be interred June 17 in Columbia, South Carolina. Richardson was a radio operator serving aboard a B-24 Liberator bomber Aug. 1, 1943, when it crashed after being hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. He was 21 years old.
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Date Posted: | 06.14.2023 11:35 |
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