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SERGEANT RICHARD QUIGLEY
was born in New Jersey in 1921 to Joseph A. Quigley and his wife the
former Amelia Hodgson. By April of 1930 the couple had separated, and
Richard Quigley and his mother were living with her mother and
step-father, Amelia and Albert Johnson, at 1506 Chesapeake Road in
Ccamden's Fairview section. They lived in Philadelphia in themif-1930s.
The 1940 Census shows Richard Quigley and his mother living at 167
Cornell Road in Audubon, New Jersey, with his mother, grandmother, aunt
Alberta Johnson and uncles Carl and James Johnson. Richard Quigley was a
high school graduate, but apprently not from Audubon High
School. Richard
Quigley was still living at 167 Cornell
Road in Audubon, New Jersey when he was inducted into the United
States Army at
Camden, New Jersey on July 8, 1942. His enlistment records state that
his occupation was "Unskilled
occupations in electroplating, galvanizing, and related processes". He
qualified for flight duty and was assigned to a B-24 bomber crew with
the 704th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomber Group, Heavy
which operated out of the Bungay airfield in Suffolk, England. Sergeant
Quigley flew as the ball turret gunner. Sergeant
Richard J. Quigley was killed in action on December 12,
1944, while returning from a raid on the railroad marshalling yards at
Hanau, Germany. Sergeant Quigley's plane, a B24-J nicknamed "Wedding Belle"
(42-95178) crashed into the North Sea at about 15:04 GMT,
shortly after taking off. Sergeant Quigley and four
other crewmembers were dead on impact. Three of the crew, including co-pilot Second
Lieutenant Robert S. Skinner, were not killed instantly by the impact.
They were picked up by air/sea rescue but died before being brought
ashore. Richard
Quigley was survived by his parents. Joseph A Quigley died in 1953.
Amelia Quigley died on June 6, 1992 in Mt. Holly, New Jersey and was
buried at New Camden Cemetery with her mother. |
