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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:42, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Richard H. Carmichael

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Major General Richard H. Carmichael
Major General Richard H. Carmichael
  • ... that Richard H. Carmichael (pictured) was shot down on 20 August 1944 while leading the 462d Bombardment Group in the bombing of Yawata, the first daylight air raid on Japan since the Doolittle Raid in 1942? Source: " While leading his group in a B-29 attack on Yawata, Japan Aug. 20, 1944, the first daylight raid on Japan, he was shot down and remained a prisoner of war until he was liberated Aug. 29, 1945. " [1]

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk) and Books Nash (talk). Nominated by Hawkeye7 (talk) at 23:36, 10 June 2017 (UTC).

  • Long enough, new enough, AGF on offline sources, QPQ provided, photo is public domain. Earwig's copyvio detector brings up an awfully high level of confidence for one of the sources, but it appears to be due to the usage of quotes so it should be fine. Looks good to go. Zappa24Mati 03:41, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
  • Changed inaccurate date in hook at time of promotion. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:42, 9 July 2017 (UTC)