2nd/Lt. Bombardier Truman Armstrong KIA
Entered the service from San Francisco County, California;
Unit: 703 Bomb Sq 445 Bomb Gp, 8th Air Force
Service ID: O-773278.
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Roy E Bolin KIA
Target: Kassel
Date Lost: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number: #42-51355
Aircraft Model B-24J Liberator
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: crashed at Krauthausen, Germany
Cause Shot down by fighters on mission to strike Kassel
Roger Freeman's book The Mighty Eighth stated this was the greatest single loss of any group in the Eighth Air Force,
The others Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. Roy E Bolin, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence G Barben, KS, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Louis Ajello, NY, Navigator
SSgt. William Aaron, CT, Radio Operator-Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Tage R Frederiksen, NY, Left waist gunner
Sgt. Robert W Oleson, WA, Right waist gunner
Sgt. Charles E Weatherly, OK, Engineer-gunner
Tail Gunner, Sgt. Orland J. Schooley was the only crew member to survive the crash and POW camp.
Entered the service from San Francisco County, California;
Unit: 703 Bomb Sq 445 Bomb Gp, 8th Air Force
Service ID: O-773278.
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Roy E Bolin KIA
Target: Kassel
Date Lost: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number: #42-51355
Aircraft Model B-24J Liberator
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: crashed at Krauthausen, Germany
Cause Shot down by fighters on mission to strike Kassel
Roger Freeman's book The Mighty Eighth stated this was the greatest single loss of any group in the Eighth Air Force,
The others Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. Roy E Bolin, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence G Barben, KS, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Louis Ajello, NY, Navigator
SSgt. William Aaron, CT, Radio Operator-Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Tage R Frederiksen, NY, Left waist gunner
Sgt. Robert W Oleson, WA, Right waist gunner
Sgt. Charles E Weatherly, OK, Engineer-gunner
Tail Gunner, Sgt. Orland J. Schooley was the only crew member to survive the crash and POW camp.
2nd/Lt. Bombardier Truman Armstrong KIA
Entered the service from San Francisco County, California;
Unit: 703 Bomb Sq 445 Bomb Gp, 8th Air Force
Service ID: O-773278.
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Roy E Bolin KIA
Target: Kassel
Date Lost: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number: #42-51355
Aircraft Model B-24J Liberator
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: crashed at Krauthausen, Germany
Cause Shot down by fighters on mission to strike Kassel
Roger Freeman's book The Mighty Eighth stated this was the greatest single loss of any group in the Eighth Air Force,
The others Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. Roy E Bolin, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence G Barben, KS, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Louis Ajello, NY, Navigator
SSgt. William Aaron, CT, Radio Operator-Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Tage R Frederiksen, NY, Left waist gunner
Sgt. Robert W Oleson, WA, Right waist gunner
Sgt. Charles E Weatherly, OK, Engineer-gunner
Tail Gunner, Sgt. Orland J. Schooley was the only crew member to survive the crash and POW camp.
Entered the service from San Francisco County, California;
Unit: 703 Bomb Sq 445 Bomb Gp, 8th Air Force
Service ID: O-773278.
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Roy E Bolin KIA
Target: Kassel
Date Lost: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number: #42-51355
Aircraft Model B-24J Liberator
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: crashed at Krauthausen, Germany
Cause Shot down by fighters on mission to strike Kassel
Roger Freeman's book The Mighty Eighth stated this was the greatest single loss of any group in the Eighth Air Force,
The others Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. Roy E Bolin, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence G Barben, KS, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Louis Ajello, NY, Navigator
SSgt. William Aaron, CT, Radio Operator-Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Tage R Frederiksen, NY, Left waist gunner
Sgt. Robert W Oleson, WA, Right waist gunner
Sgt. Charles E Weatherly, OK, Engineer-gunner
Tail Gunner, Sgt. Orland J. Schooley was the only crew member to survive the crash and POW camp.
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2LT, 703 AAF BOMB SQ, 445 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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