PAUL RICHARDSON

The Citadel Class of:	1944
Cadet Company:	C (4), C (3)
Age:	22
Born:	28-Sep-21 in Riverside, California
Hometown:	Riverside, California
Family:	Stanley Richardson (father), Roberta Richardson (mother), Sheridan Richardson (brother), Frank Richardson (brother)
Rank:	First Lieutenant
Branch of Service:	U.S. Army Air Forces
Servicenumber:	O-752904
Entered the Service from:	California
Function:	Bombardier
Squadron:	506th Bomber Squadron
Group:	44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.)	B-24H 41-29496, “Aries” also known as “Ram It-Dammit”, MACR 6744
Date of   death:	27-Jun-44
Status:	KIA
Place of death:	over Creil, France
Spot:	crash site 500m south-east Road Creil-Chantilly (D162), Saint-Maximin
Awards:	Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Gravenumber:	Plot B Row 32 Grave 8
Cemetery:	Epinal American Cemetery
Biography:	Not Available
Other information:	member of Calliopean Literary Society – Source: Sphinx 1941

Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission, The Citadel Archive & Museum, Mike Stannard ’65, MACR 6744, 44th Bomber Group Roll of Honor, France Crashes 39-45, Sphinx 1941 & 1942, B24 Best Web, 1920/30/40 US Census (NARA), California Birth Index, Find A Grave.com, Group de National de Recherche 1939-1949

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