Donald Roger Decker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Second row, left to right: R.W. Lawson, 330 Ashland Ave., Buffalo, N.Y.; M.J. Hughes, Green Knoll Park, Sommerville, N.J., R.A. Holt, 178 Feronia Way, Rutherford, N.J..; E.B. Havener, 194 North Main Street, Neckland, Mo.
Top row, left to right: H. Jones Jr., Fairfax, Ala.; R.G. Vossler, 4 Elm Street, Westfield, N.J.; M.P. Fahey, 169 West 87th Street, New York City; J.J. Hill, 1112 Garden Street, Hoboken, N.J.; M. Konove, 479 East, 7th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.; G.A. Tillinghast, 9 River Road, Fort Chester, N.Y.
Henry W. "Rocky" Jones,Jr.
Object Number - UPL 18046 - PL-11261 11 September 1942 Wing Parade at #8 S.F.T.S., Moncton, N.B. A large representation of United States airmen were among a class of pilots...
Interned in Turkey. Shot down on 8-Jan-43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Horse Fly' 42-40267
Shot down and crashed near Charleroi, Belgium on return from a bombing mission to Aschersleben, Helmstedt, GR on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24J 42-64166 'Big Fat Butterfly'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13087450
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15070162
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16077154
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34430758
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38132105
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Jamaica, New York | 26 November 1920 | |
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Died Killed in action |
Helmstedt, Germany | 20 February 1944 | Shot down and crashed near Charleroi, Belgium on return from a bombing mission to Aschersleben, Helmstedt, GR on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24J 42-64166 'Big Fat Butterfly'. Killed in Action (KIA). |
|
Buried |
Zachary Taylor National Cemtery in Louisville, KY | 8 November 1951 | Re-Interred Group burial at the Zachary Taylor National Cemtery in Louisville, Kentucky |
|
Based |
Shipdham | 20 February 1944 | Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
|
Buried |
Eastwood Cemetery Lancaster, Worcester County, MA | Memorialised Eastwood Cemetery Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Removed information relating to 42-40267 'Horse Fly'. No crew list linking airman to aircraft.
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- MACR 2449 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 8250;
-AAM Database.;
- http://www.ancestry.com/
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2449, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 219
