John R Roth

Military

Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 28 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medal.



Post War: Re-enlisted USAF, serving in Korean and Vietnamese conflicts, retired 1970.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20346022 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Squadron Assistant Operations
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The widow maker
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Madame Pisonyer aka Stupifier
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mount Joy, Pennsylvania 19 September 1925 Son of Harry and Lena (Leuch) Roth.

Enlisted

12 January 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died

Moon Township, PA 11 July 2006

Buried

Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, McMurray, Washington County, PA 15 July 2006 Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery McMurray, Washington County, PA Section 9 Block 14 Lot 44

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Enlisted

Re-enlisted USAF.

Other

Discharged USAF

Honourable discharge.

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Revisions

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Sources

379th Bomb Group Anthology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia