Roy Guy
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wiggingen on 9/8/44 in B-24 Silent Yokum #4250581
POW
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Crashed at Wiggingen on 9/8/44 in B-24 Silent Yokum #42-50581, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wiggingen on 9/8/44 in B-24 Silent Yokum #4250581
POW
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Manchester, MI 48158, USA | 8 May 1921 |
Lived in | Manchester, MI 48158, USA | 1942 |
114 Riverside |
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POW | Barth, Germany | September 1944 – May 1945 |
Stalag Luft I |
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Shot Down/Captured | Wittingen, Germany | 8 September 1944 |
Died | Higgins Lake, MI 48653, USA | 20 September 2003 |
A service is planned for Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 11 a.m. at Walsh Funeral Home, Roscommon, to be officiated by Mary Beth Brady and Nancy Bresette. Visitation will be Monday from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Higgins Lake, with full military honors provided by Charles M. Engel VFW Post #4159. Memorial donations may be made to Amicare Hospice, 201 Meadows Dr., Suite A, Grayling, MI 49738. |
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Enlisted | Higgins Lake, MI 48653, USA | 23 September 2003 |
Oakwood Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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19 April 2020 21:09:22 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
03 July 2015 23:33:20 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, events and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:03:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8611 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |