Manuel Gerald Rosen

Military

Manuel Rosen was Top Turret gunner on board B-17 ≠42-31880, shot down on the Mannheim mission, 27 May 1944. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

People

Anthony Filippi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12039508
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

John Joseph Gilbert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32105981 at enlistment, then O-687028
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John Thomas Joblonski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32880035
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Thomas Xavier McKenna

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32881589
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Edward Paul Ridings

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17159649 at enlistment, then O-757747
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-31880

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 8 May 1911

Enlisted

14 December 1941 Los Angeles, California

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

27 May 1944 NARA WWII POW record : "Interned Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow. Returned to Military Control 30 May 1945."

Other

Discharged

19 October 1945

Died

2 June 2009
Venice, Los Angeles County, California

Buried

Manuel Rosen rests at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California

Revisions

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Sources

Corrected FTR date in Biography

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MACR 5338
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VA Gravesite Locator
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

Date
ContributorED-BB
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MACR 5338
WWII Draft Card

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 5338

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5338 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database