Henry John Roeber
MilitaryHenry J. Roeber was a Pilot in the 92nd Bomb Group / 407th Bomb Squadron. He was flying B-17 #42-3184 'Aliquippa', hit by enemy aircraft on the Osnabrück mission 22 December 1943. Managed to land his plane in the Netherlands and was captured. Prisoner of War (POW). He stayed in the Air Force after the war and served in Korea and Viet Nam, ending his military career as a Lt. Colonel.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 10601061
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39089357 and O-752500
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11117005
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36015693 and O-687757
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12098143 and O-748042
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: U.S.S.. Aliquippa
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Long Island, New York, USA | 26 August 1919 | |
Enlisted |
Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York, United States | 6 August 1941 | |
Other Made prisoner |
near Bornerbroek, The Netherlands | 22 December 1943 | Captured after making an emergency landing |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 22 December 1943 | Interned at POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to military control 9 June 1945.” |
Died |
13 January 2009 | ||
Queens County, New York, United States | |||
Buried |
Greenmount Cemetery, New Baden, Illinois, United States |
Revisions
It's Henry not Harry
MACR 1711
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1711 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database