Wilbert H. Richarz

WILBERT H. RICHARZ was a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel who co-edited both volumes of The 390th Bomb Group Anthology.

Richarz earned a master’s degree and a PhD, commanded the Air Force ROTC program at the University of Idaho from 1968 until his 1971 retirement, and later worked at Washington State University. During World War II he flew 35 combat missions over Europe as a radio operator and gunner on a B-17 with the 390th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, was shot down twice, and received numerous decorations. He died on October 5, 2005, in Moscow, Idaho, at age 83.

Wilbert H. Richarz’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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