Glenn H Rojohn
MilitaryMichael P Faley-100th BG Historian
Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Piggy-back pilot, Hamburg mission. Shot down 31-Dec-44 in B-17 42-31987. 'The Little Skipper' Prisoner of War (POW).
Rode the piggybacked bombers to earth, miraculously survived crash along with co-pilot when lower bomber exploded upon impact and projected 'The Little Skipper' into the air whereupon it landed and ploughed through a building.
Awards: DFC, AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shilaylee / The Little Skipper
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Greenock, Pennsylvania, USA | 6 April 1922 | Son of Harry D and Selma E [Beulshausen] Rojohn. |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 29 September 1942 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 31 December 1944 | Piggy-back pilot, Hamburg mission. Shot down 31-Dec-44 in B-17 42-31987. 'The Little Skipper' Prisoner of War (POW). |
Other Crash landed |
Kleingärtnerverein Rüstringen e.V., Neuengrodener Weg 50, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 31 December 1944 | Piggy-back pilot, Hamburg mission. Shot down 31-Dec-44 in B-17 42-31987. 'The Little Skipper' Prisoner of War (POW). |
Died |
McKeesport, PA, USA | 1 August 2003 | |
Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | 31 December 1944 | Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Greenock, PA, USA | Peace Lutheran Cemetery Greenock Allegheny County Pennsylvania, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11550 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; 100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 11550