Jeff D Roberts Jr
Military
Front Row L - R 1st Lt. Richard F. Lemanski Pilot, 2nd Lt Edward L. Garney Co Pilot, 2nd Lt. Leroy Chappell Navigator, 2nd Lt. Stephen O'Lear Bombardier
Top Row S.Sgt Mathew J. Mendeys Flt. Engineer, S. Sgt. Edgar A. Currie Waist Gunner, T. Sgt David A. Rohm Radio Operator, S. Sgt Jeff D. Roberts Waist Gunner, S. Sgt Dean L. Shuck Tail Gunner, S. Sgt Philip G. Kierstead Ball Turret Gunner.
The aircraft is B-17, 42-6153, 'Good Pickin' associated with the 452nd Bomb Group.
Valerie Lemanski Holley Collection
Amended caption to include reference to 452nd Bomb Group.
Object Number - UPL 27221 - Crew D34 , 339th Squadron, 96th Bomb Group Front Row L - R 1st Lt. Richard F. Lemanski Pilot, 2nd Lt Edward L. Garney Co Pilot, 2nd Lt....
Shot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31576 crashed near Wegenstadt after the crew baled out near Helmstedt, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- 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: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-800904
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380068.jpg.webp?itok=3h76SN3N)
- Date: 8 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Houston, Texas, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3426, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons, page 98 & 118
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3426, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons, page 98 & 118
Edit entry 42-31576B-17 FLYING FORTRESS
Sgt Phil Kierstead, Waist gunner Show captionAbout this image
Delivered Denver 20/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Romulus 31/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-G] Snetterton 16/1/44; Missing in Action Erkner 8/3/44 with Dick Lemanski, Co-pilot: Jim Buttermore, Navigator: Leroy Chappell, Bombardier: Frank Sewell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Matt Mendys, Radio Operator: Dave Hohm, Ball turret gunner: Phil Kierstead, Waist gunner: Jeff Roberts, Waist gunner: Edgar Currie,Tail gunner: Dean Shuck (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed between Wegenstedt & Calvorden, 13 miles NE of Helmstadt A/Fd, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3426.
MACR 3426 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
