The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Internment in Switzerland
On 7 January 1944, 1st Lt. David M. Richardson piloted B-24H (42-7519) of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, on a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany. The aircraft suffered mechanical failure and Richardson force-landed at Dübendorf airfield, Switzerland. He and his entire crew were interned for the remainder of the war. (MACR 2367)
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
1st Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 07 Jan 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 178
07 Jan 1944
Ludwigshafen
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42-7519
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Sources.
§ Provenance
Tony North · Second Air Division Digital Archive · 0
Personal memoir