Roy W Rayle
MilitaryHad mechanical failure and landed in Sweden on 6/21/44 in B-17 #423490 Interred there and then escaped from Sweden in the bottom of a boat and got back to England.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Greensboro, North Carolina | 13 November 1924 | |
Died |
16 May 1985 | ||
Buried |
Greensboro, North Carolina | ||
Other Interned (INT) |
Germany | 21 June 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5919 / MACR 5919/family / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database