Roscoe F Greene
MilitaryShot down 14 July 1943 in B-17 #42-3190 'Mr. Five By Five'. Evaded (EVD).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16064840
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37099500
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1699149
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36345860
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mr Five by Five, Nip N Tuck
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
20 December 1917 | Massachusetts, United States | |
Enlisted |
5 January 1942 | Portland, Maine | |
Other Evaded capture (EVD) |
14 July 1943 - 6 September 1943 | with the help of French citizens and members of the French Résistance, after the crash-landing of B-17 #42-3190 in Berengeville-la-Campagne, five miles NE of Evreux, France. He was led all across France into Spain, then to Gibraltar, from where he flew back to England. Back in UK on 8 September 1943 | |
Died |
21 January 1998 | Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida | |
Enlisted |
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Enlisted |
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Enlisted |
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South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 114
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 87 (NARA)
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 114 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database