Walter J Roth
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 53349 - T/Sgt Walter J Roth, 385BG.
Assigned to 550BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bordeaux. FR, in B-17 42-30601 'Mary Ellen II' 16-Sep-43; mid air collision with 95th BG A/C. Crashed at Rickinghall Superior with all on board killed. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15317
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14003593 / O-793444
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Ellen II
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Detroit, MI | 24 November 1914 | Son of Bertha [Parmantye] Roth. |
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Enlisted |
Fort McClellan, AL | 18 May 1942 | Fort McClellan, Alabama |
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Died |
Rickinghall Superior, Suffolk, UK | 16 September 1943 | Killed on mission 16 Sept 1943 to Bordeaux. FR, in B-17 42-30601 'Mary Ellen II'. Mid air collision with 95th BG A/C. |
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Buried |
17 September 1943 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot F Row 6 Grave 45 | |
| Pennsylvania, USA | |||
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Based |
Great Ashfield | 16 September 1943 | Assigned to 550BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 363, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 285 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
