Roscoe Lee Crownrich Jr
Military
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UPL 46785
1LT Roscoe L. Crownrich, Jr.
Fighter Pilot
365th FG - 388th FS - 9th AF
shot down on 7 August 1944. He was captured but escaped a hospital in Paris later.
Fighter Pilot
365th FG - 388th FS - 9th AF
shot down on 7 August 1944. He was captured but escaped a hospital in Paris later.
365FG FB Page
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Fort Worth, TX | 28 January 1920 | |
Enlisted |
San Antonio, TX | 4 September 1940 | Randolph AAF |
Other Shot Down/Captured/Escaped |
Tinchebray, France | 7 August 1944 | Crownrich was shot down while attacking tanks and vehicles hidden under trees. On his 2nd pass he was hit, setting his a/c on fire, blowing off his canopy and shattering his right leg and ankle. Crownrich parachuted into the troops he had just attacked. He later escaped from a hospital in Paris. |
Died |
Niceville, FL | 28 September 2009 | |
Buried |
Pensacola, Florida | 1 October 2009 | Barrancas National Cemetery Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA Plot Columbarium SECTION A-21 ROW B SITE 19 |
Revisions
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Sources
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2441&h=9197022…
http://hellhawks.org/388_roster.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41892257/roscoe-lee-crownrich
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/16475255/person/210067…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=4310352…
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