Robert D Roy

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media-25713.jpeg UPL 25713 Crew of Flying Ginny taken at Chipping Ongar, from right to left:
1/Lt Henry C Patrick III, Pilot
2/Lt Lyndon E Stauffacher, Co-Pilot
2/Lt John J Sauser, Bombardier
S/Sgt George W Van Doren, Radio/Gunner
S/Sgt Clarence D Shanks, Eng/Gunner
S/Sgt Robert D Roy, Tail gunner

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Object Number - UPL 25713 - Crew of Flying Ginny taken at Chipping Ongar, from right to left: 1/Lt Henry C Patrick III, Pilot 2/Lt Lyndon E Stauffacher, Co-Pilot 2/Lt John J...

Robert Roy served as a tail gunner with the 559th Bomb Squadron of the 387th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Chipping Ongar, England.

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Units served with

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Flying Ginny
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron

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Enlisted

Boston, MA, USA 19 August 1942

Born

Massachusetts, USA
Middlesex County, MA, USA

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My name is Adam Henderson and I am the grandson of Robert D. Roy. I have all of his original orders and award/medal citations.

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