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SSgt Raymond F Greene
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SSgt Raymond F Greene Veteran

Birth
Massachusetts, USA
Death
1 Feb 1944 (aged 27)
Central, Papua New Guinea
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing ~ With a Rosette
Memorial ID
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Raymonds's remains were recovered in 2001 along with the Pilot's, Co-Pilot's, and the other passengers on the flight. They were all interred in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

" Click Here " for his record there.


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Raymond served as a Staff Sergeant, 90th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group, Light, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Norfolk County, Massachusetts prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 30, 1940, prior to the war, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a painter and also as Single, without dependents.

Raymond was a passenger on B-25D #41-30532 when he was declared "Missing In Action" and his status was changed to "Killed In Action" when the plane was later found.

This B-25, while on a ferrying flight from Horanda Airfield to the 7-Mile Drome near Port Moresby, ran into severe weather and radioed that they were returning but they were not heard from again during the war.

The B-25 was first located in 1961 and in 2001 the remains of the crew were discovered. They had crashed in into Mount Kenevi.

Service # 11024389

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Airmen who perished on B-25D #41-30532:

Beals, Jack E ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, PA
Culbreth, Marvin E ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, GA
Davis, Harold B ~ Sgt, Passenger, OH
Dellisante, Angelo C ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
Fann, Charlie L ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, TN
Gerry, Walter R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, RI
Greene, Raymond F ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, MA
Howard, Edward R ~ Corp, Passenger, MA
Johnson, Rudolph W, Jr ~ Capt, Passenger, MI
Miller, Milton S ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, CT
Russell, Lamar S ~ Capt, Passenger, NC

Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Raymonds's remains were recovered in 2001 along with the Pilot's, Co-Pilot's, and the other passengers on the flight. They were all interred in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

" Click Here " for his record there.


~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Raymond served as a Staff Sergeant, 90th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group, Light, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Norfolk County, Massachusetts prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 30, 1940, prior to the war, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a painter and also as Single, without dependents.

Raymond was a passenger on B-25D #41-30532 when he was declared "Missing In Action" and his status was changed to "Killed In Action" when the plane was later found.

This B-25, while on a ferrying flight from Horanda Airfield to the 7-Mile Drome near Port Moresby, ran into severe weather and radioed that they were returning but they were not heard from again during the war.

The B-25 was first located in 1961 and in 2001 the remains of the crew were discovered. They had crashed in into Mount Kenevi.

Service # 11024389

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Airmen who perished on B-25D #41-30532:

Beals, Jack E ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, PA
Culbreth, Marvin E ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, GA
Davis, Harold B ~ Sgt, Passenger, OH
Dellisante, Angelo C ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
Fann, Charlie L ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, TN
Gerry, Walter R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, RI
Greene, Raymond F ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, MA
Howard, Edward R ~ Corp, Passenger, MA
Johnson, Rudolph W, Jr ~ Capt, Passenger, MI
Miller, Milton S ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, CT
Russell, Lamar S ~ Capt, Passenger, NC

Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II



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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56760624/raymond_f-greene: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Raymond F Greene (25 Oct 1916–1 Feb 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56760624, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).