David Burns Roper Sr
MilitaryAssigned to 833BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: DFC (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 Battle stars), American Defense.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: supertitious aloysius
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: blue grass girl
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Laurens County, SC | 8 November 1917 | Son of David Burns Roper Sr. |
Enlisted |
Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina | 30 December 1940 | Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina |
Died |
Laurens, SC | 26 January 1994 | |
Buried |
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Laurens, Laurens County, SC | Forest Lawn Cemetery Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History