George O Roche
Military
Top left to right- Edward Segall, Carl Caputo, George Roche, Harry Sanford, John Massie, Joel Burklund
Bottom left to right: Ralph Winslow, Ralph Munoz, Vincent Gill, John Hill
Personal photo and records
MACR 3808
Object Number - UPL 74328 - The crew of Full House. Top left to right- Edward Segall, Carl Caputo, George Roche, Harry Sanford, John Massie, Joel Burklund Bottom left to...
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-3322 'Full House'. Plane crashed into Baltic. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Full House
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Hammond, Indiana, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Near Krems Austria | 11 April 1944 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3808 / MACR 3808; Snetterton Falcons, pg 131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database