Roy Enright Guy
Military
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UPL 16645
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), 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
Roy 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
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wiggingen on 9/8/44 in B-24 Silent Yokum #4250581
POW
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33598171
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 702278
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34402061
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 717123
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
Places
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 |
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
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
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
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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