Roscoe Conklin Humphrey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 7-May-44 in B-17 42-39943 'Lassie Come Home'; shot down by flak, crashed Hohnebostel, seven miles SE of Celle Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4587



Award: PH.

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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.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Browning Glen Grimmett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39532652 / O-754338
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-39943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sallisaw, OK 3 April 1922 Son of J E Humphrey.

Enlisted

Tulsa, OK 8 October 1942 Tulsa, Oklahoma

Died

Hohnebostel, Germany 7 May 1944

Buried

Rose Hill Memorial Park Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK Re-Interred Rose Hill Memorial Park Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Based

Deenethorpe 7 May 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/310952947
https://www.fold3.com/image/612599817
https://www.fold3.com/record/84846222/roscoe-c-humphrey-wwii-army-enlis…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704371428/humphrey-roscoe-c-us-wwii-hospit…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6329485/roscoe-conklin-humphrey

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 4587 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
And:
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=3&cat=all&tf…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4587, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1260