ENLISTMENT DATE: 21 December 1942
MILITARY HISTORY:
Roy was a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces 509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy
351st Bomber, 511th Bombardment Squadron, Left Waist Gunner KIA Action 42-31238.
Service # 39272340. He entered the Service from California.
Awards: Purple Heart (Serial Number 39272340)
Death: Near Market Deepening, South Lincolnshire, England (out of Polebrook, flying to bomb Ludwigshafen)
09/08/44 B-17G 42-31238 351BG "Devils Ball" 511BS Coded "DS:A: 2/Lt J.C. Haba
8th September B-17G Fortress 42-31238 511 B S/ 351 BG Langtoft Named "Devil's Ball", coded DS-A, the aircraft crashed due to icing during formation assembly for the Ludwigshaven raid on this date. P 2nd Lt John C. Haba KIA, CP 2nd Lt Clinton M. Cavett KIA, N 2nd Lt Eugene J. Hooks KIA, B 2nd Lt Robert A. McGlohon KIA, B 2nd Lt Robert A. McGlohon KIA, TT S/Sgt Ernest A. Clinton KIA, RO S/Sgt James S. Singleton KIA, LWG Sgt Roy A. Morrison KIA, RWG Unknown KIA, BT Sgt Raymond T. McClosky KIA, TG Sgt Donald M. Holihan - survived.
The B17 crash north of Deeping (south Lincolnshire) Sept 8th 1944. The aircraft was actually named "Devil's Ball" and crashed in a field at Langtoft Fen whereby wreckage severely damaged the farmhouse and buildings at Crown Lodge Farm. Ironically the crash site was about 400 yards from the old RAF Langtoft's tracking station. Cause of the crash was said to be that the aircraft iced up. There were two survivors the rest of the crew perished. For many years after the crash a propellor blade from the plane was at the farm and was later donated to The Deepings School its location now though seems none existant. Regards Neville
BIOLOGICAL PARENTS: William Alton Oldham and Ethel Worth Bobo Oldham, later adopted at age 3 by parents listed below.
ADOPTIVE PARENTS: William Jasper Morrison 9 Dec 1887 - 22 Apr 1957 (60446025)and Lillian A Morrison 26 Oct 1890 - 18 Aug 1978 (60446023). William was a retired locomotive engineer.
SPOUSE: Margaret Jean Fields
MARRIED: 3 June 1942 Harmon, OK
CHILDREN: Roy Jr. 26 May 1943. After Roy was killed, his mother, Margaret Jean Fields, married Charles Nowell Maxell. Roy Jr was renamed Michael Dale Maxwell after being adopted by Charles Maxwell.
PARENTS:
FATHER: William Alton Oldham 8 May 1889 - 16 Jun 1980
MOTHER: Ethel Worth Bobo Oldham 7 Nov 1891 - 4 Dec 1957 San Joaquin Co, Ca (divorced)
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
John Isaac Oldham
Born: 3 July 1865 Dresden, Tn
Died: 28 Dec 1917 Corpus Christi, Tx
Parenats: William Wesley and Ann Elizabeth Shults
Ida Edna Caton
Born: 15 Jan 1872 Nocona, Tx
Died: 13 Feb 1902 Duke, Ok
Parents: Wlliam H Caton and Sarah Melvina Darnell Caton
SIBLINGS OF WILLIAM ALTON OLDHAM:
1. Lee Oldham 13 Jan 1892 - 16 Mar 1982
2. Lena Edna Oldham Wilson 13 Jan 1892 -14 Dec 1973
3. John L.Z. "Cap" Oldham 12 Dec 1894- 29 Mar 1973
4. Annie Elizabeth Oldham 1897-1897 (6 weeks old)
5. Ollie Belle Oldham 15 Apr 1899 - 16 Jan 1986
6. Ida Lucille Oldham Lindberg James - 15 Jan 1902 - 10 Jan 1980
SPOUSES OF WILLIAM ALTON OLDHAM:
1.Ethel Worth Bobo (1891-1957) divorced
2.Alice Inez Taylor (1900-1933) mother Esther Bobo (Ethel Bobo's sister)
3.Genevieve Rogers (1915-1999) divorced
4.Helen Marie Rector (1921-1979) divorced
5.Geraldine Alice Brown (1920-1985)
Children with Ethel Bobo
1.John Randolph Oldham (1910-1966)
2.William Lloyd Oldham (1913-1923) blood poisoning
3.Allie Irene Oldham Deaver(1914-2003)
4.Roy Arthur Oldham Morrison (1917-1944) Adopted by Morrison family after parents divorced. Died after in World War II, buried in Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
Children with Alice Inez Taylor
1.Stefanita Oldham Baker (Richardson (1922-2008)
2.Aleen Oldham Rector(1925-1998)*
3.Juanita Oldham (1923 - 1931)*
4.Norris Andy Oldham(1927-1944)
5.Ross Gerald (1928-1928) died 2-1/2 months
6.Catherine Sedelle Oldham Schrader (1929-1991)
7.Amos Lee Oldham Sanders (1931-1988)adopted by Ira and Roberta Sanders after mother died.
Children with Genevieve Rogers:
1.Donald Ray Oldham (1936-1936) lived one week
2.Charles Alton Oldham (1937) living
Children with Helen Marie Rector
1.Joyce Marie Oldham Acton Muirhead (1945) living
2.Wanda Janette Oldham Larkey Holden (1947) living
MILITARY HISTORY:
Roy was a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces 509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy
351st Bomber, 511th Bombardment Squadron, Left Waist Gunner KIA Action 42-31238.
Service # 39272340. He entered the Service from California.
Awards: Purple Heart (Serial Number 39272340)
Death: Near Market Deepening, South Lincolnshire, England (out of Polebrook, flying to bomb Ludwigshafen)
09/08/44 B-17G 42-31238 351BG "Devils Ball" 511BS Coded "DS:A: 2/Lt J.C. Haba
8th September B-17G Fortress 42-31238 511 B S/ 351 BG Langtoft Named "Devil's Ball", coded DS-A, the aircraft crashed due to icing during formation assembly for the Ludwigshaven raid on this date. P 2nd Lt John C. Haba KIA, CP 2nd Lt Clinton M. Cavett KIA, N 2nd Lt Eugene J. Hooks KIA, B 2nd Lt Robert A. McGlohon KIA, B 2nd Lt Robert A. McGlohon KIA, TT S/Sgt Ernest A. Clinton KIA, RO S/Sgt James S. Singleton KIA, LWG Sgt Roy A. Morrison KIA, RWG Unknown KIA, BT Sgt Raymond T. McClosky KIA, TG Sgt Donald M. Holihan - survived.
The B17 crash north of Deeping (south Lincolnshire) Sept 8th 1944. The aircraft was actually named "Devil's Ball" and crashed in a field at Langtoft Fen whereby wreckage severely damaged the farmhouse and buildings at Crown Lodge Farm. Ironically the crash site was about 400 yards from the old RAF Langtoft's tracking station. Cause of the crash was said to be that the aircraft iced up. There were two survivors the rest of the crew perished. For many years after the crash a propellor blade from the plane was at the farm and was later donated to The Deepings School its location now though seems none existant. Regards Neville
BIOLOGICAL PARENTS: William Alton Oldham and Ethel Worth Bobo Oldham, later adopted at age 3 by parents listed below.
ADOPTIVE PARENTS: William Jasper Morrison 9 Dec 1887 - 22 Apr 1957 (60446025)and Lillian A Morrison 26 Oct 1890 - 18 Aug 1978 (60446023). William was a retired locomotive engineer.
SPOUSE: Margaret Jean Fields
MARRIED: 3 June 1942 Harmon, OK
CHILDREN: Roy Jr. 26 May 1943. After Roy was killed, his mother, Margaret Jean Fields, married Charles Nowell Maxell. Roy Jr was renamed Michael Dale Maxwell after being adopted by Charles Maxwell.
PARENTS:
FATHER: William Alton Oldham 8 May 1889 - 16 Jun 1980
MOTHER: Ethel Worth Bobo Oldham 7 Nov 1891 - 4 Dec 1957 San Joaquin Co, Ca (divorced)
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
John Isaac Oldham
Born: 3 July 1865 Dresden, Tn
Died: 28 Dec 1917 Corpus Christi, Tx
Parenats: William Wesley and Ann Elizabeth Shults
Ida Edna Caton
Born: 15 Jan 1872 Nocona, Tx
Died: 13 Feb 1902 Duke, Ok
Parents: Wlliam H Caton and Sarah Melvina Darnell Caton
SIBLINGS OF WILLIAM ALTON OLDHAM:
1. Lee Oldham 13 Jan 1892 - 16 Mar 1982
2. Lena Edna Oldham Wilson 13 Jan 1892 -14 Dec 1973
3. John L.Z. "Cap" Oldham 12 Dec 1894- 29 Mar 1973
4. Annie Elizabeth Oldham 1897-1897 (6 weeks old)
5. Ollie Belle Oldham 15 Apr 1899 - 16 Jan 1986
6. Ida Lucille Oldham Lindberg James - 15 Jan 1902 - 10 Jan 1980
SPOUSES OF WILLIAM ALTON OLDHAM:
1.Ethel Worth Bobo (1891-1957) divorced
2.Alice Inez Taylor (1900-1933) mother Esther Bobo (Ethel Bobo's sister)
3.Genevieve Rogers (1915-1999) divorced
4.Helen Marie Rector (1921-1979) divorced
5.Geraldine Alice Brown (1920-1985)
Children with Ethel Bobo
1.John Randolph Oldham (1910-1966)
2.William Lloyd Oldham (1913-1923) blood poisoning
3.Allie Irene Oldham Deaver(1914-2003)
4.Roy Arthur Oldham Morrison (1917-1944) Adopted by Morrison family after parents divorced. Died after in World War II, buried in Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
Children with Alice Inez Taylor
1.Stefanita Oldham Baker (Richardson (1922-2008)
2.Aleen Oldham Rector(1925-1998)*
3.Juanita Oldham (1923 - 1931)*
4.Norris Andy Oldham(1927-1944)
5.Ross Gerald (1928-1928) died 2-1/2 months
6.Catherine Sedelle Oldham Schrader (1929-1991)
7.Amos Lee Oldham Sanders (1931-1988)adopted by Ira and Roberta Sanders after mother died.
Children with Genevieve Rogers:
1.Donald Ray Oldham (1936-1936) lived one week
2.Charles Alton Oldham (1937) living
Children with Helen Marie Rector
1.Joyce Marie Oldham Acton Muirhead (1945) living
2.Wanda Janette Oldham Larkey Holden (1947) living
ENLISTMENT DATE: 21 December 1942
MILITARY HISTORY:
Roy was a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces 509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy
351st Bomber, 511th Bombardment Squadron, Left Waist Gunner KIA Action 42-31238.
Service # 39272340. He entered the Service from California.
Awards: Purple Heart (Serial Number 39272340)
Death: Near Market Deepening, South Lincolnshire, England (out of Polebrook, flying to bomb Ludwigshafen)
09/08/44 B-17G 42-31238 351BG "Devils Ball" 511BS Coded "DS:A: 2/Lt J.C. Haba
8th September B-17G Fortress 42-31238 511 B S/ 351 BG Langtoft Named "Devil's Ball", coded DS-A, the aircraft crashed due to icing during formation assembly for the Ludwigshaven raid on this date. P 2nd Lt John C. Haba KIA, CP 2nd Lt Clinton M. Cavett KIA, N 2nd Lt Eugene J. Hooks KIA, B 2nd Lt Robert A. McGlohon KIA, B 2nd Lt Robert A. McGlohon KIA, TT S/Sgt Ernest A. Clinton KIA, RO S/Sgt James S. Singleton KIA, LWG Sgt Roy A. Morrison KIA, RWG Unknown KIA, BT Sgt Raymond T. McClosky KIA, TG Sgt Donald M. Holihan - survived.
The B17 crash north of Deeping (south Lincolnshire) Sept 8th 1944. The aircraft was actually named "Devil's Ball" and crashed in a field at Langtoft Fen whereby wreckage severely damaged the farmhouse and buildings at Crown Lodge Farm. Ironically the crash site was about 400 yards from the old RAF Langtoft's tracking station. Cause of the crash was said to be that the aircraft iced up. There were two survivors the rest of the crew perished. For many years after the crash a propellor blade from the plane was at the farm and was later donated to The Deepings School its location now though seems none existant. Regards Neville
BIOLOGICAL PARENTS: William Alton Oldham and Ethel Worth Bobo Oldham, later adopted at age 3 by parents listed below.
ADOPTIVE PARENTS: William Jasper Morrison 9 Dec 1887 - 22 Apr 1957 (60446025)and Lillian A Morrison 26 Oct 1890 - 18 Aug 1978 (60446023). William was a retired locomotive engineer.
SPOUSE: Margaret Jean Fields
MARRIED: 3 June 1942 Harmon, OK
CHILDREN: Roy Jr. 26 May 1943. After Roy was killed, his mother, Margaret Jean Fields, married Charles Nowell Maxell. Roy Jr was renamed Michael Dale Maxwell after being adopted by Charles Maxwell.
PARENTS:
FATHER: William Alton Oldham 8 May 1889 - 16 Jun 1980
MOTHER: Ethel Worth Bobo Oldham 7 Nov 1891 - 4 Dec 1957 San Joaquin Co, Ca (divorced)
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
John Isaac Oldham
Born: 3 July 1865 Dresden, Tn
Died: 28 Dec 1917 Corpus Christi, Tx
Parenats: William Wesley and Ann Elizabeth Shults
Ida Edna Caton
Born: 15 Jan 1872 Nocona, Tx
Died: 13 Feb 1902 Duke, Ok
Parents: Wlliam H Caton and Sarah Melvina Darnell Caton
SIBLINGS OF WILLIAM ALTON OLDHAM:
1. Lee Oldham 13 Jan 1892 - 16 Mar 1982
2. Lena Edna Oldham Wilson 13 Jan 1892 -14 Dec 1973
3. John L.Z. "Cap" Oldham 12 Dec 1894- 29 Mar 1973
4. Annie Elizabeth Oldham 1897-1897 (6 weeks old)
5. Ollie Belle Oldham 15 Apr 1899 - 16 Jan 1986
6. Ida Lucille Oldham Lindberg James - 15 Jan 1902 - 10 Jan 1980
SPOUSES OF WILLIAM ALTON OLDHAM:
1.Ethel Worth Bobo (1891-1957) divorced
2.Alice Inez Taylor (1900-1933) mother Esther Bobo (Ethel Bobo's sister)
3.Genevieve Rogers (1915-1999) divorced
4.Helen Marie Rector (1921-1979) divorced
5.Geraldine Alice Brown (1920-1985)
Children with Ethel Bobo
1.John Randolph Oldham (1910-1966)
2.William Lloyd Oldham (1913-1923) blood poisoning
3.Allie Irene Oldham Deaver(1914-2003)
4.Roy Arthur Oldham Morrison (1917-1944) Adopted by Morrison family after parents divorced. Died after in World War II, buried in Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
Children with Alice Inez Taylor
1.Stefanita Oldham Baker (Richardson (1922-2008)
2.Aleen Oldham Rector(1925-1998)*
3.Juanita Oldham (1923 - 1931)*
4.Norris Andy Oldham(1927-1944)
5.Ross Gerald (1928-1928) died 2-1/2 months
6.Catherine Sedelle Oldham Schrader (1929-1991)
7.Amos Lee Oldham Sanders (1931-1988)adopted by Ira and Roberta Sanders after mother died.
Children with Genevieve Rogers:
1.Donald Ray Oldham (1936-1936) lived one week
2.Charles Alton Oldham (1937) living
Children with Helen Marie Rector
1.Joyce Marie Oldham Acton Muirhead (1945) living
2.Wanda Janette Oldham Larkey Holden (1947) living
MILITARY HISTORY:
Roy was a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces 509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy
351st Bomber, 511th Bombardment Squadron, Left Waist Gunner KIA Action 42-31238.
Service # 39272340. He entered the Service from California.
Awards: Purple Heart (Serial Number 39272340)
Death: Near Market Deepening, South Lincolnshire, England (out of Polebrook, flying to bomb Ludwigshafen)
09/08/44 B-17G 42-31238 351BG "Devils Ball" 511BS Coded "DS:A: 2/Lt J.C. Haba
8th September B-17G Fortress 42-31238 511 B S/ 351 BG Langtoft Named "Devil's Ball", coded DS-A, the aircraft crashed due to icing during formation assembly for the Ludwigshaven raid on this date. P 2nd Lt John C. Haba KIA, CP 2nd Lt Clinton M. Cavett KIA, N 2nd Lt Eugene J. Hooks KIA, B 2nd Lt Robert A. McGlohon KIA, B 2nd Lt Robert A. McGlohon KIA, TT S/Sgt Ernest A. Clinton KIA, RO S/Sgt James S. Singleton KIA, LWG Sgt Roy A. Morrison KIA, RWG Unknown KIA, BT Sgt Raymond T. McClosky KIA, TG Sgt Donald M. Holihan - survived.
The B17 crash north of Deeping (south Lincolnshire) Sept 8th 1944. The aircraft was actually named "Devil's Ball" and crashed in a field at Langtoft Fen whereby wreckage severely damaged the farmhouse and buildings at Crown Lodge Farm. Ironically the crash site was about 400 yards from the old RAF Langtoft's tracking station. Cause of the crash was said to be that the aircraft iced up. There were two survivors the rest of the crew perished. For many years after the crash a propellor blade from the plane was at the farm and was later donated to The Deepings School its location now though seems none existant. Regards Neville
BIOLOGICAL PARENTS: William Alton Oldham and Ethel Worth Bobo Oldham, later adopted at age 3 by parents listed below.
ADOPTIVE PARENTS: William Jasper Morrison 9 Dec 1887 - 22 Apr 1957 (60446025)and Lillian A Morrison 26 Oct 1890 - 18 Aug 1978 (60446023). William was a retired locomotive engineer.
SPOUSE: Margaret Jean Fields
MARRIED: 3 June 1942 Harmon, OK
CHILDREN: Roy Jr. 26 May 1943. After Roy was killed, his mother, Margaret Jean Fields, married Charles Nowell Maxell. Roy Jr was renamed Michael Dale Maxwell after being adopted by Charles Maxwell.
PARENTS:
FATHER: William Alton Oldham 8 May 1889 - 16 Jun 1980
MOTHER: Ethel Worth Bobo Oldham 7 Nov 1891 - 4 Dec 1957 San Joaquin Co, Ca (divorced)
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
John Isaac Oldham
Born: 3 July 1865 Dresden, Tn
Died: 28 Dec 1917 Corpus Christi, Tx
Parenats: William Wesley and Ann Elizabeth Shults
Ida Edna Caton
Born: 15 Jan 1872 Nocona, Tx
Died: 13 Feb 1902 Duke, Ok
Parents: Wlliam H Caton and Sarah Melvina Darnell Caton
SIBLINGS OF WILLIAM ALTON OLDHAM:
1. Lee Oldham 13 Jan 1892 - 16 Mar 1982
2. Lena Edna Oldham Wilson 13 Jan 1892 -14 Dec 1973
3. John L.Z. "Cap" Oldham 12 Dec 1894- 29 Mar 1973
4. Annie Elizabeth Oldham 1897-1897 (6 weeks old)
5. Ollie Belle Oldham 15 Apr 1899 - 16 Jan 1986
6. Ida Lucille Oldham Lindberg James - 15 Jan 1902 - 10 Jan 1980
SPOUSES OF WILLIAM ALTON OLDHAM:
1.Ethel Worth Bobo (1891-1957) divorced
2.Alice Inez Taylor (1900-1933) mother Esther Bobo (Ethel Bobo's sister)
3.Genevieve Rogers (1915-1999) divorced
4.Helen Marie Rector (1921-1979) divorced
5.Geraldine Alice Brown (1920-1985)
Children with Ethel Bobo
1.John Randolph Oldham (1910-1966)
2.William Lloyd Oldham (1913-1923) blood poisoning
3.Allie Irene Oldham Deaver(1914-2003)
4.Roy Arthur Oldham Morrison (1917-1944) Adopted by Morrison family after parents divorced. Died after in World War II, buried in Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
Children with Alice Inez Taylor
1.Stefanita Oldham Baker (Richardson (1922-2008)
2.Aleen Oldham Rector(1925-1998)*
3.Juanita Oldham (1923 - 1931)*
4.Norris Andy Oldham(1927-1944)
5.Ross Gerald (1928-1928) died 2-1/2 months
6.Catherine Sedelle Oldham Schrader (1929-1991)
7.Amos Lee Oldham Sanders (1931-1988)adopted by Ira and Roberta Sanders after mother died.
Children with Genevieve Rogers:
1.Donald Ray Oldham (1936-1936) lived one week
2.Charles Alton Oldham (1937) living
Children with Helen Marie Rector
1.Joyce Marie Oldham Acton Muirhead (1945) living
2.Wanda Janette Oldham Larkey Holden (1947) living
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