Joseph S Root Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-16195.jpeg UPL 16195 Crew #46
Guy Rogers Crew
458th BG - 754th BS
Shot down 6 March 1944 on their first mission

Standing Left to Right: Guy Rogers (P), Ray Fiebiger -(TT/E), Marvin Lademan (BTG) , Virgil Morrow (WG), Frank Proteau (CP)

Kneeling Left to Right: John Hightower(N) , Marvin Wilson (TG), Leroy Smith (R/O), Joseph Root (B)

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Object Number - UPL 16195 - Crew #46 Guy Rogers Crew 458th BG - 754th BS Shot down 6 March 1944 on their first mission Standing Left to Right: Guy Rogers (P), Ray...

B-24H 42-52515 crashed W of Berlin after exploding in mid-air due to direct hits from flak over Berlin on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Guy C Rogers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0747322
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52515

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ford's Folly
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Missoula, Montana, USA 12 December 1917

Enlisted

Santa Ana, CA, USA 13 February 1943

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Glindow, Werder (Havel), Germany 6 March 1944

Buried

Missoula, MT, USA Saint Mary Cemetery Missoula Missoula County Montana, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3351, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 & 458bg.com, rogers crew

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MACR 3351 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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