Roy H Downer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 20947
Crew #64
Frank Herzik Crew
458th BG - 755th BS
Standing Left to Right: Harold Howell (CP), Henry Piaseki (B), William Thorp (N), Frank Herzik (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: Harold Craddock (WG), Anthony Konarski (TTG), Roy Downer (BTG), George Kulikowski (TG), Jack Donahue (G), Deral Hartle (R/O)
Frank Herzik Crew
458th BG - 755th BS
Standing Left to Right: Harold Howell (CP), Henry Piaseki (B), William Thorp (N), Frank Herzik (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: Harold Craddock (WG), Anthony Konarski (TTG), Roy Downer (BTG), George Kulikowski (TG), Jack Donahue (G), Deral Hartle (R/O)
Presumed lost in the North Sea on a mission to Berlin, GR on 3 Mar 1944 in B-24H #41-29298. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-663519
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ole Satan
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Tyler, TX, USA | 10 October 1942 | |
Born |
Texas, USA | ||
Buried |
No Known Grave Tablet of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 3 March 1944 | "No. 1 - Fri Mar. 3 Started for Berlin via Northern route at 22,000 - temp -65° and contrails terrible - awfully tough forming, three wings aborted over North Sea. We were off course and caught heavy, accurate flak at Cuxhaven where Bruno [Major Bruno Fieling, Group Ops Officer] had us do a 180° in the stuff and return. Wasn't a bit scared - just looked like fireworks and instead of dropping eggs, we brought 52-M47A1 bombs back. Beeze [Capt Royce B. Glenn, Crew 73 pilot] flew dep. lead to [illegible]. Herzik in "Old Satan" [sic] lost - probably ditched and froze as radio got no call from him and he had no flimsy - seas too high for A-S Rescue." |
Marshall, TX, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3347 / MACR 3347, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 275 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database