Guy Lamont McClung Jr

Military

He flew on W. G. Rozzell's, James F. Risher's and Clifford A. Lincoln's crew. Flew on B-17 'Rosie's Sweat Box'. Completed 28 missions from 30 May 1944 to 27 August 1944.

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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

People

Woodville Rozzell

Woodville Grady Rozzell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14102633 / O-813783
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97872

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rosie's Sweat Box
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Revisions

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Via Jon McCormick - user https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/64927 :
- Gravestone in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas.;
- Particles In A Stream, book by James Risher, Family Oral History reports
- family records

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2676

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to A/C #42-97872 “Rosie's Sweat Box” listed in the "Summary biography".

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401st BG Roster,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2676">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2676> / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia