Roland Louis Guerin
MilitaryNovember 1944 especially adventurous for the crew.
Awards: AM (5OLC), GC, EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.
Connections
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Units served with
![A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395370.jpg?itok=fRmY7tos)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 615th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395109.jpg?itok=Ktlai29w)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
![Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-377096.jpg?itok=3Vb7W1bq)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New Orleans, Louisiana | 18 October 1919 | BornNew Orleans, Louisiana |
Enlisted |
New Orleans, Louisiana | 8 December 1942 | EnlistedNew Orleans, Louisiana |
Other Called to active service |
24 February 1943 | Called to active service | |
Died |
10 January 1959 | ||
Buried/ Commemorated |
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2 New Orleans, Louisiana | 13 January 1959 | InterredSaint Louis Cemetery Number 2New Orleans, Louisiana |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/693744430
https://www.fold3.com/record/84828441/roland-l-guerin-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946
https://www.fold3.com/image/319166231/guerin-roland-louis-page-1-us-headstone-applications-1925-1963
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145759062/roland-louis-guerin
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139436994?objectPage=596
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Gordon Fenwick, RO.,
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