Roy Edward Rightmire Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
AAM DB Entry Correction.
Object Number - UPL 19406 - Tech Sgt Roy E Rightmire, flight engineer/top turret gunner B-17F 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz': (KIA, anoxia); 10-10-43.
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz', Killed in Action (KIA, anoxia).
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060366 / O-665661
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fritz Blitz
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Williamsport, PA | 4 June 1920 | Son of Roy Edward Sr and Margaret P Rightmire. |
|
Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | 14 July 1941 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
|
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Haaksbergen, Netherlands | 10 October 1943 - 10 October 1943 | Died from Annoxia. KIA. |
| Williamsport, PA, USA | |||
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot J Row 17 Grave 14 | |
|
Based |
Horham | 10 October 1943 | Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56303160/roy-e-rightmire
Removed # from A/C serial NO. to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1118
MACR 1118 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
