Roy Melvin Crow

Military
media-6448.jpeg UPL 6448 Allan Strom Crew
Crew #411

Standing L to R: unidentified, George C. Hildebrant (CP), Robert D. Matheson (N), Richard C. Monroe (B), Allan Strom (P)

Kneeling L to R: unidentified, Victor E. Castillo (R/O), Roy M. Crow (FE), unidentified, unidentified

Crew Roster:

Allan Strom - Pilot
George C. Hildenbrant - Co Pilot
Robert Matheson - Navigator
Richard Monroe - Bombardier
Eugene S. Bell - Gunner
Richard Nichter - Radio Operator
Victor Castillo - Radio Operator (replacement)
Roy M. Crow - Engineer
Roy B. Kelly - Gunner
Gerald E. Lewis - Gunner
Robert Walwer - Gunner

This crew was shot down on their 3rd mission, 8 April 1944. Richard Monroe was Killed in Action. The rest of the crew were made POW. Nichter and Lewis were not aboard when the crew went down.

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 6448 - Allan Strom Crew Crew #411 Standing L to R: unidentified, George C. Hildebrant (CP), Robert D. Matheson (N), Richard C. Monroe (B), Allan Strom...

Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4129422 'Rebel Yell. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Allan H Strom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 751206
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29422

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Rebel Yell
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ranger, Texas 5 April 1920

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Braunau Gneikendorf , Austria 8 April 1944 - 22 May 1945

Died

17 March 1953

Buried

San Antonio, Texas 21 March 1953 San Antonio National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Section D Site 801-E
East Vaughn, New Mexico

Revisions

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Sources

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=16&tf=F&q=Cr…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=6176669…

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3841 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 6448 - Allan Strom Crew Crew #411 Standing L to R...