First Lieutenant Richard H. Pease | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Richard H. Pease

Graduating Class of 1939
Served in World War II

First Lieutenant
Richard H. Pease

Army
52nd Bombardment Squadron
29th Bomber Group

Hometown

Sun Prairie, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Ada County, Idaho

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Maple Hill Cemetery, Evansville, WI

More About First Lieutenant Pease

First Lieutenant Pease was killed when B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5751 skidded out of control and crashed into two parked
planes and a building. Three other airmen aboard the bomber and a service member on
the ground were also killed.