Roy Enright Guy
Military
UPL 78288
UPL 78288
Crew #738Roy E. Guy Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Patrick Homentowski (TG), Melvin Demmin (R/O), Burl S. Garrett (FE), Russell Todd (BTG), Wayland Buchholz (WG), Marvin Creech (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Ray Brasch (N), Roy Guy (P), Allen Wiedman (B), Merl Hoyle (CP)
This crew was shot down by flak on 8 September 1944. Guy was able to affect a crash landing, which all the crew survived. All the crew were captured and made POW. 466th Bomb Group collection
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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Object Number - UPL 78288 - Crew #738 Roy E. Guy Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Patrick Homentowski (TG), Melvin Demmin (R/O), Burl S. Garrett (FE),...
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wiggingen on 9/8/44 in B-24 Silent Yokum #4250581
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 718228
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16106862
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36481823
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34708475
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Silent Yokum
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
San Diego, California | 8 January 1924 | |
|
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 28 July 1944 - 8 September 1944 | shot down on 14th mission |
|
Other Shot Down |
Wittingen, Germany | 8 September 1944 | crash landed |
|
Other POW |
Barth, Germany | 8 September 1944 | Stalag Luft I |
|
Died |
Cypress, CA, USA | 11 January 1996 | |
|
Buried/ Commemorated |
Cypress, CA, USA | 14 January 1996 | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cypress) Cypress Orange County California, USA Plot: Constant Love, Map 19, Lot 3968, Space 3 |
| San Diego, CA, USA | 5063 Mansfield Avenue | ||
|
Enlisted |
Florala, AL, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
466th BG Historian;
MACR 8611 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8611 & Page 284 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition
