World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Theodore Raybould
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Stanton, Kentucky
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVICE NUMBER: 35876057. NOSE GUNNER WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 854TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH ARMY AIR FORCE, BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER (THE B-24, GREASE BALL, SERIAL # 44-40172), ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN FIGHTERS JUST AFTER BOMBING AND HE WAS KILLED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE EXPLOSION OF THEIR AIRCRAFT. THEIR BOMBER CRASHED NEAR DANKERSEN IN GERMANY.