Arlo LeRoy Roswell

Military

Shot down by fighters on 11 January 1944 in B-17 #42-3057 'Blonde Bomber.' After landing in parachute, Aldo Roswell waited till evening before he started to walk West. He only at first walked at night and hid during the day, but after five days, having gotten too hungry, he tried to steal something to eat in the daylight and got caught. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Robert Ridgeway Case

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17038949 and O-685772
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Russell B Hoover

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33422227
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Kenneth Lawrence Manson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39226242 and O-751172
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Teddy J Morris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18162955
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Wayne Eldon Murdock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19093175 and O-745928
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Blonde Bomber" of the 91st Bomb Group

42-3057

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Picadilly Commando, Blonde Bomber
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Colfax, Wisconsin, USA 12 October 1923 the son of Leon and Emma (Scherf) Roswell

Enlisted

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 31 October 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

(Gross-Tychow) Tychowo, Poland 11 January 1944 interned at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow - NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 14 06 1945”

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 1918
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
“Mary Ruth” Memories of Mobile... We Still Remember, by Lowell L. Getz

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1918 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database