Albert Lewis Rolnick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Original member of Lester Personeus crew, assigned to 306BG, ferrying B-17 42-29625 stateside, contracted jaundice before the Personeus crew departed for ETO. Assigned to 813th 482BG, 8AF USAAF. Aboard B-17F 42-5793 which crashed at Brome, Suffolk, en route to leading the 100th Bomb Group. He was in the PFF plane, sent to lead the group. Killed in Service (KIS)

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

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

People

Lester Personeus

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12027691 / O-47455
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Arthur Reynolds

Arthur Joseph Reynolds

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-662226
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-29625

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
A 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5793) nicknamed "Stinky", the first B-17 Flying Fortress to carry HS2 Radar pathfinder equipment.

42-5793

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stinky
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Baltimore, Maryland 29 March 1921

Enlisted

Baltimore, MD 11 March 1942 Baltimore, Maryland

Died

Brome, Suffolk 10 November 1943

Buried

11 November 1943 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery

Buried

United Hebrew Cemetery, Halethorpe, Baltimore County, MD Re-Interred United Hebrew Cemetery Halethorpe, Baltimore County, MD

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Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWII Memorial, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces