Roy Ludvig Doe
MilitaryAssigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. West crew. 10 x combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 44-41016; Hit by fighters, A/C set on fire and exploded. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10636
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20717506 / O-798711
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Duluth, MN | 9 December 1925 | Son of Ludvig K Doe and Oline Doe. |
Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, MN | 20 December 1943 | Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
Died |
Olomouc, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 44-41016; Hit by fighters, A/C set on fire and exploded. KIA MACR 10636 |
Buried |
Hřbitov Troubky Troubky, Okres Přerov, Olomoucký, Czech | 18 December 1944 | Interred Troubky, Czech. |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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