Samuel Wallace Roberts Jr

Military

Hit by flak and later by fighters on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-24H #41-29299 'Roll Call' made a forced landing near Nijkerk, Holland after eight of the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).



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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

Aircraft

41-29299

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Belle of Boston | Roll Call
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 5 March 1944

Born

Norristown, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Updated middle name per MACR 3348 at Fold3.com. Source: https://www.fold3.com/image/28630273

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Added a POW event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added a connection to the A/C #41-29299 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3348, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010