Romeo Root
Military
Photographs and newspaper clippings are from an album owned by Bradford S. Rawlinson of the 92nd Bomb Group, 407th Bomb Squadron. Names of people are from annotations made by Bradford S. Rawlinson on the photographs.
Object Number - UPL 56165 - Romeo Root of the 92nd Bomb Group with flight computer.
Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew on B-17 43-37784 'Big Chief'. ETD
Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Chief
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
15 August 1919 | Son of Glen Gardner and Maggie [Craig] Root. | |
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Died |
1 September 1982 | ||
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Buried |
City of Mesa Cemetery Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ | 4 September 1982 | City of Mesa Cemetery Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona |
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Based |
Podington | Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
407th BS Newsletter March 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
