Roy Thomas Fries
Military ROLL OF HONOURRoy Fries was Tail gunner on board of B-17 ≠42-29744, shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17F #42-29744. Plane crashed into North Sea between Neuwerk Island and Cuxhaven, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). Remains not recovered. Memorialized on the "Tablets of the Missing" at Margraten, the Netherlands American Cemetery.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38193951
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-667415
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13058382
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34268205
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fresno, Fresno County, California | 10 November 1920 | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
Neuwerk, Germany | 15 May 1943 | in the loss of B-17 ≠42-29744 near Cuxhaven, Germany. Remains not recovered. |
| Fresno, California | |||
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Other Memorialized |
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands | on the Tablets of the Missing at Margraten |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15512 / MACR 15512, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey, p. 122, First Over Germany by Russell Strong, pp. 115-6, NARA / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database