Bombadier of the B-25 Mitchell type J serial number 43-4013 that took off from Alesan, Corsica on a mission to bomb the rail lines around Avignon. France. Shot down by flak at 0918. The aircraft was cut in two. Three crewmembers survived and three were killed. LT Hirsch survived the crash and successfully evaded capture.

In 1946, he moved to Los Angeles. He graduated from U.C.L.A. in 1947 with a degree in accounting. In 1997, he was honored in Provence by his rescuers and hundreds of members of the Resistance.

Dick was a creative entrepreneur. In the 1950s, he owned tungsten mines in Mexico and founded Chef Whiz, a forerunner of the fast food and vending machine industries. He was managing partner of J.K Lasser in Los Angeles and eventually joined Touche-Ross, where he retired as a partner in 1988. He then joined City National Bank, heading up a merger and acquisition unit. He was a founding member of Leo Baeck Temple and a longtime member of Brentwood Country Club. Richard died on September 20, 2009 at the age of 87 in Westwood, California after a long illness. He is now buried in the Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California.