Serviceman
Austin L Richardson
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- Army serial number
- 37540667
- Rank
- 2LT (29 August 1944), S/Sgt (26 October 1944), SSGT (28 October 1944), S/Sgt (2 November 1944), SSGT (15 January 1945)
- Hometown
- Kansas City MO; Fall River MA; Kansas City, MO
- Also written
- Austin Richardson
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 81, 190
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- John Jay Gorman Commanding Officer, co-pilot · 817th
- Maurice Raffel Crew · 817th
Missions placed on him
- mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
- mission 53, 22 July 1944 · Ploesti · Listed with the Maurice Raffel crew, which flew it per its history (p. 190); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 2937 | 2LT |
| 28 October 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 4224 | SSGT |
| 15 January 1945 | Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster | 238 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
3 entries, first 19 July 1944, last 2 November 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1944-07-19 816th: S/Sgt Donald 4 Beck
- 1944-10-26 817th: Above 11 Os 10 EM fr duty to DS Rest Camp Rome
- 1944-11-02 817th: W/Sgt
National Archives pages: roll 481432547 p. 158, roll 572487240 p. 485, roll 576472397 p. 3583
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