Roy K Holbert
Military
Back row: Flight Engineer/Top Turret gunner Roy Holbert, Ball Turret Gunner Louis Colwart, Radio Operator Ross Kahler, Right Waist Gunner John Pindroch, Left Waist Gunner Joe Musial, Tail Gunner William Slenker
Front Row: First Pilot, Howard Snyder, Co-Pilot George Eike, Navigator Robert Benninger, Bombardier Richard Daniels
Associated person through information in photograph caption.
Object Number - UPL 17044 - Howard Snyder (B-17 Susan Ruth) Crew Picture Back row: Flight Engineer/Top Turret gunner Roy Holbert, Ball Turret Gunner Louis Colwart, Radio...
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Macquenoise, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31499. Prisoner of War (POW). He was at Prisoner of War (POW) camps Stalag Luft VI located near the town of Heydekrug, Memelland then forced marched to Stalag Luft IV Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia. He flew on Howard Snyder crew.
POW
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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: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12029522 at enlistment, then O-679378
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742461
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Susan Ruth
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2493 / MACR 2493, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Combat Crews page 105. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
