Name:
Richard T. McCauley
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-701617
Unit:
742nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1962-01-31
State:
Rhode Island
Cemetery:
Saint Ann Cemetery, Cranston, RI
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Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross, BMS, Air Medal w/2OLC, ARCOM, Purple Heart
Comments:
Born 8 July 1923 to John L. and Helen M. McCauley. Bombadier of the B-24 G, 42-78240, "Our Love", which took off from near Bari, Italy on a bombing run of a train yard in Bucharest, Romania. Over the target, the plane was struck by anti-aircraft fire and thus fell out of formation and was attacked by five German fighter planes on the return flight, which brought the plane down. McCauley was taken POW by the Bulgarian Army and held at Shumen POW camp in Shumen, Bulgaria, until the end of the war.