Rowland H Evans
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force, Martin W. Bowman, page 107
Object Number - UPL 13890 - Cawston, Norfolk, behind St Agnes Church
Pilot, Evans crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Crashed landed on 4 January 1944 in B-17F #42-29923 'Lucky Strike' near Nolfolk due to low fuel, iced windshield. Attempted to land in a field and hit a ditch. 2 crewmembers KIA. Mission #56 to Kiel, Germany.
Shot down by ME109s and crashed near Detmold/Lippe, GR on a mission to Oschersleben on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39895 'Bermondsey Battler'. Killed in Action (KIA).
2nd Lieutenant Rowland H. Evans was born July 5, 1916. His next of kin were his mother, Bertha Evans, and an uncle, Philip Zipp. His hometown was Baltimore, Maryland.
He was the copilot of “Bermondsay Battler,” B-17 tail #42-39895, of the 381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Detmold, Germany, on February 22, 1944.
He is buried at the US Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38398592
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809597
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-739475
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39831906
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32502246
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pappy's Hellions III / Lucky Strike
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bermondsay Battler
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 January 1944
Events
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Born |
Baltimore, Maryland | 5 July 1916 | 2nd Lieutenant Rowland H. Evans was born July 5, 1916. His next of kin were his mother, Bertha Evans, and an uncle, Philip Zipp. His hometown was Baltimore, Maryland. |
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Died |
Detmold, Germany | 22 February 1944 | He was the copilot of “Bermondsay Battler,” B-17 tail #42-39895, of the 381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Detmold, Germany, on February 22, 1944. |
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Buried |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
