Louis W Rohr

Military
media-39484.jpeg UPL 39484 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 29 June 1943."

Rear L-R: Maj Andrew K. Dutch III, Unkn. Col Louis W Rohr, Unkn. Lt Col Joseph A. Brown, Col Maurice A. Preston

Front L-R: Garland H Morgan. Harold E Forrest. Robert J Redmon. Robert H Fernstaedt. Unkn.

Object Number - UPL 39484 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 29 June 1943." Rear L-R: Maj...

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 34 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: SS, DFC (4OLC), AM (8OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.



Post War: Re-enlisted, serving in Korean conflict, retired with rank of Colonel.



Silver Star award Synopsis: "Louis W. Rohr, United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the EIGHTH Air Force in the European Theater of Operations during World War II."

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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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel watch a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-M, serial number 42-30298) nicknamed "Ragin' Red II" of the 379th Bomb Group start up in snow at Bassingbourn, January 1945. Image by William D "Bill" Pulliam, 91st Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Ragin' Red 379th FG B-17 F Bassingbourn 1/45. Stop a/c 66fw.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tender Tit Tillie / Ragin' Red II
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 837th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aphrodite
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Jeannette, Pennsylvania 23 November 1918

Enlisted

19 January 1951 Re-Enlistment 19-Jan-51.

Other

Discharged USAF

31 January 1970 Honourable discharge.

Died

San Antonio, TX 1 August 1975

Buried

Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, TX 4 August 1975 Sunset Memorial Park San Antonio, Bexar County, TX Section 6

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.
Granite Bay, CA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45; 379th Bombardment Anthology, Part 2, pg 167

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