Thomas Leon Roskowick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Places

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

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Sources

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