Henry John Roeber

Military

Henry J. Roeber was a Pilot in the 92nd Bomb Group / 407th Bomb Squadron. He was flying B-17 #42-3184 'Aliquippa', hit by enemy aircraft on the Osnabrück mission 22 December 1943. Managed to land his plane in the Netherlands and was captured. Prisoner of War (POW). He stayed in the Air Force after the war and served in Korea and Viet Nam, ending his military career as a Lt. Colonel.

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Units served with

407th Bomb Squadron

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

92nd Bomb Group

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

People

Royce F McGillvary

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 10601061
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Donald John McPhee

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39089357 and O-752500
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Hubert Francis O'Neill

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11117005
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Casimir Jerome Paulinski

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36015693 and O-687757
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

George Sokolsky

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12098143 and O-748042
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-3184

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: U.S.S.. Aliquippa
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Technical Sergeant Edward Fee of the 91st Bomb Group enjoys a cup of coffee surrounded by his comrades at Bassingbourn after his final mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-27150 AC - HQ 8th AAF Photo Section, 20 Dec 1943. Ovation on Return. Congratulated on the completion of his tour of "Ops", T/Sgt. Edward Fee (holding cup), 30, of Charlestown, Mass., is surrounded by flying mates as he awaits interrogation. T/Sgt. Fee, holder of Air Medal and slated for the DFC, is aerial engineer of Fortres

VIII Bomber Command 161

Date: 22 December 1943

Places

Podington

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Long Island, New York, USA	26 August 1919
Enlisted	Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York, United States	6 August 1941
Other Made prisoner	near Bornerbroek, The Netherlands	22 December 1943	Captured after making an emergency landing
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Barth, Germany	22 December 1943	Interned at POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to military control 9 June 1945.”
Died		13 January 2009
	Queens County, New York, United States
Buried	Greenmount Cemetery, New Baden, Illinois, United States

Revisions

Date4 Nov 2020 19:26:46

ContributorFarinadogs

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Research and met Him

Date27 Jul 2016 15:42:26

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

It's Henry not Harry
MACR 1711
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:24

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1711 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database