Custis Roe Green Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions*. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 42-97407 'Asterisk' 30-Nov-44; mid air collision with B-17 44-8080 Thrown from A/C with chute at time of collision. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11136
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
* - Cologne 15-Oct-44, Cologne 16-Oct-44, Kassel, Hamm, Weisbaden, Langerwehe, Saarbrucken, Geisen, Merseburg [Recalled], Saarbrucken, Mannheim, Merseburg 30-Nov-44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19117070 / O-768655
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The As-Te-Risk
- Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 390th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 570th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Casper, WY | 14 July 1922 | Son of Custis Roe Snr and Dorothy Prudence [Ustick] Green. |
Enlisted |
Denver, CO | 25 June 1942 | |
Other Baled Out POW |
Flur Oberkotzau, Germany | 30 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 42-97407 'Asterisk' 30-Nov-44; mid air collision with B-17 44-8080 Thrown from A/C with chute at time of collision. POW. MACR 11136 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 30 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Hilo, Hawaii | 27 February 2018 | |
Other Next of Kin |
La Junta, Colorado | Wife Virginia R 'Patty' [Jones] Green, La Junta, Colorado | |
Based |
Framlingham | 30 November 1944 | Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR | Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, OR |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11136