Thomas Leon Roskowick
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102485 flak set off fire, crash landed Groenekaseweg, Holland. Took 20mm cannon shell to lower back, mortally wounded. Taken to luftwaffe hospital died of wounds same day. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5316.
Awards: AM(OLC), PH.
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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: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16077448 / O-803776
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bare Essentials
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 12 February 1943 | |
Died |
Utrecht, Netherlands | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102485 flak set off fire, crash landed Groenekaseweg, Holland. Took 20mm cannon shell to lower back, mortally wounded. Taken to luftwaffe hospital died of wounds same day. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5316. |
Buried |
Amersfoort, Netherlands | 2 June 1944 | Interred Amersfoort, Netherlands |
Born |
Venice, California, USA | ||
Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery |
Revisions
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Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
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ABMC, MACR 5316 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5316 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database