Richard G. Saalfield

Rank: S/Sgt
Status: KIA
Position: Waist Gunner
Unit: 334
Serial number: 37474758
Missions count: 9

KIA - 12/31/1944 on Mission to Hamburg, Germany in Aircraft 42-97215 (Scooter). Pilot Lt. Reed crash-landed the plane near Lauenbrueck near Hanover, Germany with Morgan Heafey and Hyman Spencer still aboard. Saalfeld parachuted out of the plane and may have been captured and killed by locals.

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Missions

	Mission	Aircraft	Crew	Status	Call Sign	Squadron	MACR
Crew members	11/26/1944 Gutersloh (Germany)	43-38660 - (B-17G)	S.D. Reed	Sortie	W	334
Crew members	12/05/1944 Berlin (Germany)	42-31939 - Spook Six (B-17G)	S.D. Reed	Sortie	J	336
Crew members	12/16/1944 Stuttgart (Germany)	42-107201 - Worrybird (B-17G)	S.D. Reed	Sortie	J	334
Crew members	12/24/1944 Biblis (Germany)	42-97215 - Scooter (B-17G)	S.D. Reed	Sortie	N	334
Crew members	12/25/1944 Badmunster (Germany)	43-38660 - (B-17G)	S.D. Reed	Sortie	W	334
Crew members	12/28/1944 Coblentz (Germany)	42-102447 - El's Belles (B-17G)	S.D. Reed	Sortie	A	334
Crew members	12/29/1944 Frankfurt (Germany)	43-38551 - (B-17G)	S.D. Reed	Sortie	L	334
Crew members	12/30/1944 Kassel (Germany)	42-102447 - El's Belles (B-17G)	S.D. Reed	Sortie	A	334
Crew members	12/31/1944 Hamburg (Germany)	42-97215 - Scooter (B-17G)	S.D. Reed	Lost	N	334	11368