Albert Halbert Roddy

Military
media-31927.jpeg UPL 31927 2nd Lt James C Neill crew (401st BG 615th BS) 13 missions (between 2 June and 7 July 1944) lost on Leipzig aboard 42-37981 "Belle of the Barbary Coast".

Rear L-R: Sgt Reynold T Fraker, 2Lt James C Neill, 2Lt Calvin J McDougall, 2Lt Albert H Roddy, 2Lt Elbert L Hammond.

Front L-R: T/Sgt George S Moore, T/Sgt Mervin L Roberts, Sgt Merel E Warner, S/Sgt George Schult, Sgt Harold J Nichol.

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Object Number - UPL 31927 - 2nd Lt James C Neill crew (401st BG 615th BS) 13 missions (between 2 June and 7 July 1944) lost on Leipzig aboard 42-37981 "Belle of the Barbary...

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 'Belle of the Barbary Coast' 42-37981 Lost due to mech failure and shot down by Fw190 crashed near Burkhorst 7-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7222.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

James Crawford Neill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14076431 / O-812294
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-37981

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Belle of the Barbary Coast
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lodi, California, USA 29 June 1919

Enlisted

Tulsa, OK, USA 1 September 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 7 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out

Dannefeld, 39649 Gardelegen, Germany 7 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 'Belle of the Barbary Coast' 42-37981 Lost due to mech failure and shot down by Fw190 crashed near Burkhorst 7-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7222.

Died

Dallas, TX, USA 6 February 1999

Based

Deenethorpe 7 July 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/28670019
https://www.fold3.com/page/84844716-albert-h-roddy/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/56983195-albert-h-roddy
We Were Eagles Volume Three: The Eighth Air Force at War June to October 1944 By Martin W. Bowman
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3032

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7222 / MACR 7222, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3032 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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