John R Roth
MilitaryAssigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 28 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medal.
Post War: Re-enlisted USAF, serving in Korean and Vietnamese conflicts, retired 1970.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20346022 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Assistant Operations
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The widow maker
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Madame Pisonyer aka Stupifier
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania | 19 September 1925 | Son of Harry and Lena (Leuch) Roth. |
Enlisted |
12 January 1943 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Died |
Moon Township, PA | 11 July 2006 | |
Buried |
Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, McMurray, Washington County, PA | 15 July 2006 | Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery McMurray, Washington County, PA Section 9 Block 14 Lot 44 |
Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Enlisted |
Re-enlisted USAF. | ||
Other Discharged USAF |
Honourable discharge. | ||
Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
379th Bomb Group Anthology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia