Roy T Goodwin
MilitaryAssigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17 42-29806 21-May-43; A/C crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 16018
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME
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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 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-433367
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Duval, FL | 22 March 1914 | Son of Alice Goodwin. |
Enlisted |
Camp Blanding, FL | 25 November 1941 | Camp Blanding, Florida |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 21 May 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Other Ditched POW |
North Sea | 21 May 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17 42-29806 21-May-43; A/C crashed into North Sea. POW MACR 16018 |
Died |
10 October 1975 | ||
Based |
Thurleigh | 21 May 1943 | Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16018 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database