Raymond Gerard Rowland
Military
page 9 of KU-1988 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147880178 (NARA)
Object Number - UPL 46141 - Raymond Rowland’s Dog Tag on page 9 of KU-1988 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147880178 (NARA)
Raymond Rowland was Radio Operator on board B-17 ≠42-31880, shot down on the Mannheim mission, 27 May 1944. Prisoner of War (POW)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12039508
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32105981 at enlistment, then O-687028
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32880035
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32881589
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17159649 at enlistment, then O-757747
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Connerton, Butler Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania | 18 October 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
9 October 1941 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
27 May 1944 - 29 April 1945 | NARA WWII POW record : "Interned Stalag Luft 3.. Returned to Military Control 14 June 1945." Was on the forced march from SL3 and was freed by US troops at Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany on 29 April 1945 | |
|
Other Discharged |
6 September 1945 | ||
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Died |
2 December 1973 | ||
| Connerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
MACR 5338
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5338 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
