Roland W Morin
Military
Rear: Cpl Roland Morin, S/Sgt Urbain H Granger, Cpl Charles F Foss, Cpl Homer E Hymbaugh, Cpl Edwin A Burkhardt, Cpl Robert T Trumpy.
Front: 2Lt Harry D Edmiston, 2Lt Ken B Smith, 2Lt Edward J Chojnowski, 2Lt Frank Hokr.
Object Number - UPL 41101 - Kenneth Smith crew: Rear: Cpl Roland Morin, S/Sgt Urbain H Granger, Cpl Charles F Foss, Cpl Homer E Hymbaugh, Cpl Edwin A Burkhardt, Cpl Robert T...
Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Ken Smith crew. 1st combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-51324; Mechanical issues forced A/C to drop out of formation, subsequently mauled by fighters, Ball turrets were not deployed due to fuel/range concerns. Mortally wounded by 20mm cannon shell in 1st fighter pass at waist gun position. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10683
Awards: AM, GC, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tenmenbak / Paulette
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
West Warwick, RI | 10 January 1922 | Son of Amedee and Maria Morin. |
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Enlisted |
Rhode Island | 16 September 1940 | |
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Died |
Trencin, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-51324; Mortally wounded in 1st fighter pass at waist gun. KIA MACR 10683 |
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Buried |
Trencin, Czech | 18 December 1944 | Interred Trencin cemetery, Czech |
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Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Notre Dame Cemetery, West Warwick, RI | Re-Interred Notre Dame Cemetery West Warwick, Kent County, RI | |
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Born |
Anthonie, RI | NoK: Wife Louise M Morin. |
