Arlo LeRoy Roswell
MilitaryShot 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33422227
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Picadilly Commando, Blonde Bomber
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
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
MACR 1918
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
“Mary Ruth” Memories of Mobile... We Still Remember, by Lowell L. Getz
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