(F. Birtciel)
1/Lt. Richard Ozinga
(F. Birtciel)
1/Lt. Richard Ozinga
343rd FS - 02 August 1944 - March 1945
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P-51D CY-M 44-13837 "Miss Marilyn II" (E. Creek) |
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| Mission History |
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| Mission List |
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| Notes | Born on 01 September 1923 Home of Record - Evergreen Park, IL 02 August 1944 - Joined the 343rd FS September 1944 - Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to 1st Lieutenant October 1944 - Awarded the Air Medal February 1945 - Awarded 4th Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal April 1945 - Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Assigned to A-Flight Call Sign - Tudor 35 Passed away on 08th April 1994 |
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| Memories | Obituary from the Chicago Tribune - 11th April 1994 'Richard Ozinga, 70, of Frankfort, retired owner of the Ozinga Ready-Mix Concrete Co., died Friday at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital in Olympia Fields. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Ozinga served as a fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps in Europe and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. His family's coal and fuel business, which he began working for after the war, expanded in 1953 to ready-mix cement, and now has 10 locations in the Chicago area. He was past president of Evergreen Park Rotary Club and a former elder of the Evergreen Park Christian Reform Church. He was also a founding member of Faith Christian Reformed Church of Tinley Park. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; three sons, Richard, James, and David; a sister; a brother; and eight grandchildren.' |
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