Julian A Roadman

Military
media-38008.jpeg UPL 38008 Julian Roadman

from His Daughter Paula Mahaney

Object Number - UPL 38008 - Julian Roadman

Pilot on 'Grin'n Bare It' Picked as youngest crew flying in the ETO.

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Henry Walthour Compton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14174472 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Alfred A Elchisak

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Eugene H Hall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19206760
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Earle R Hill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Ralph N Knuese

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Aircraft

42-102398

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dynamite John
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Factory fresh B-17s

42-106992

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Baby Lu, Grin N Bear It
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-107039

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ice Cold Katy
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39993

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

44-6506

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Satisfaction Guaranteed
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Newport, Tenn 27 April 1923

Revisions

Date
ContributorRayWells
Changes
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0073

Date
ContributorRayWells
Changes
Sources

Connections all courtesy of http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0073

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=73

Julian A Roadman: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 50697 - J. A. Roadman Crew " Baby Lu " aka " Grin'n Bare...