Harold M Roark | American Air Museum

Harold M Roark

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Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-31486. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

612th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31486

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died		29 January 1944
Born	Climax Springs, Missouri
Buried

Revisions

Date3 Jan 2018 11:04:00

ContributorLucy May

Changes

Sources

Spelling of surname confirmed as 'Roark' not 'Roak:
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56660080/harold-m-roark

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:11

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2272, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,

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