Herbert Jones Hobbs Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-42033.jpeg UPL 42033 "Lt. Roach and crew of the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 Liberator (A/C No. 240126) at an 8th Air Force base in England. 24 April 1943."

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Object Number - UPL 42033 - "Lt. Roach and crew of the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 Liberator (A/C No. 240126) at an 8th Air Force base...

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel Canal mission in B-24 42-40126 'Annie Oakley' 14-May-43; Flak forced them out of formation, shot down by fighters. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2441



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William Andrew Roach

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14051469 / O-791505
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-40126

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Annie Oakley
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilmington, NC 22 May 1919 Son of Herbert Jones Hobbs Sr.

Enlisted

Fort Bragg, NC 5 August 1941 Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Died

Rendsburg, Germany 14 May 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel Canal mission in B-24 42-40126 'Annie Oakley' 14-May-43; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2441

Based

Killed in action

Shipdham 14 May 1943 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section 12, Site 6375

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 2441;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2441, 4401 in Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 120 by Bishop and Hey, 44th BGRoll of Honor and Losses by Lundy pp 67-68

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Object number: UPL 42033 - "Lt. Roach and crew of the 67th Bomb Squadron...