Horace M Roycroft

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Lost in bad weather in P-51D 44-13897 on 18-Oct-44 Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

Major Charles "Chuck" Yeager of the 357th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Glamorous Glenn II" at Raydon. Image stamped on reverse with SHAEF Field press censor, 17 Oct 1944 Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Chuck Yeager.'

44-13897

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Daddy Rabbit Glamorous Glenn II
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Leiston IP16, UK 18 October 1944 Lost in bad weather in P-51D 44-13897 on 18-Oct-44 Killed in Action (KIA).

Born

Killed in Action (KIA)

Crawford County, KS, USA Son of Annie Roycroft.

Based

Leiston Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Pilot training

Hemet-Ryan Airport-HMT, 4710 W Stetson Ave, Hemet, CA 92545, USA Flight training Class 43-G, Ryan Field, Hemet California.

Buried

402 E Quincy St, Pittsburg, KS 66762, USA Mount Olive Cemetery Pittsburg Crawford County Kansas, USA

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/310763720?terms=Horace%20M%20Roycroft
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59503135

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Chronology ;
- Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list