Norman Morton Rosner
Military"Rock" Rosner was the youngest of three Rosner boys from Baltimore, Mayland who went to Europe to fight in WWII. Rock joined the Army Air Corps, while older brothers Adolph Charles "Ace" Rosner, Jr. and Lawrence J. Rosner joined the Army Infantry. Rock flew 62 combat missions in B-26 Martin Marauders "Lady Luck" and "Honest Injun" as the lead bombardier/navigator. He flew with the 323rd Bomb Group, 454th Bomb Squadron out of both Earls Colne and Beaullie. His crews bombed V-1 and V-2 rocket sites in France. They also participated in pre-D-Day bombings of the Normandy Coast. Rock Rosner lived to age 90 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., just one row a2ay from his older brothers "Ace" and Larry. During WWII, Rock and his B-26 crew took journalist Walter Cronkite along on one mission.
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14 April 1919 | "Rock" was born in Birmingham, Alabama. | |
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26 January 2010 | "Rock" died at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, now renamed Walter Reed Hospital. | |
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19 November 2010 | "Rock" was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full Air Force honors. His headstone is located at Section 59, Site #4421. | |
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Other Walter Cronkite flight on B-26 |
Rock Rosner was part of a B-26 Martin Marauder crew which took journalist Walter Cronkite along on a mission. There is a photograph of Rock, his crew and Walter Cronkite standing together in front of a B-26 named "U.S.O." |
Revisions
Jaime Steve, a close friend of the Rosner family, provided this information.
Jaime Steve conversations with Rock Rosner and his older brother Adolph C. "Ace" Rosner, Jr.
Jaime Steve's conversations with Rock Rosner and older brother Adolph C. "Ace" Rosner, Jr.
Jaime Steve of Alexandria, Virginia is the source of this information.
I knew Norman M. "Rock" Rosner and was best friends with his older brother Adolph Charles "Ace" Rosner, Jr. in Washington, D.C.
I attended Rock's burial at Arlington National Cemetery.