Roy Hugh Napier
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 54266 - 2nd Lt Roy Hugh Napier, 370FG.
Assigned to 485FS, 370FG, 9AF, USAAF. Crashed due to bad weather Guise, France 3-Jan-45 Died non Battle (DNB).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
![French countryside, photographed through the nose of a P-38 Lightning of the 367th Fighter Group on landing. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 30 Aug 1944.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 31 May 1945.' [stamp] and '354528 .' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'P-38s over the Seine. No.1 of a series of pix taken through the nose of the P-38 as it comes in to land. Scherschel LIFE.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456843.jpg.webp?itok=vyT98_c0)
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 370th Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron 434th Fighter Squadron 485th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Guise, France | 3 January 1945 | |
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Born |
New York, NY | Son of Joe N. Napier. | |
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Based |
3 January 1945 | Assigned to 485FS, 370FG, 9AF, USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Plot H Row 7 Grave 17 | |
| Council Bluffs, IA | |||
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Enlisted |
Des Moines Iowa Enlistment Date 7 Nov 1942 |
