Roy Everett Toll
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 57686 - Roy E. Toll
Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 42-37936 'The All American Girl' 10-Jan-45; shot down by flak, crashed Gladbach. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11744
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- 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: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-770602
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The All Amercian Girl/Our Mark
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Sheppard Field, Witchita Falls, TX | 28 September 1943 | Sheppard Field, Witchita Falls, Texas |
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Died |
Gladbach, Germany | 10 January 1945 | |
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Born |
Eugene, Oregon, USA | Son of George W. and Maggie Bell [Kindt] Toll. | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thorpe Abbotts | 10 January 1945 | Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294989/roy-everett-toll
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11744 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
