Rollin "Page" served as a Second Lieutenant & Navigator on B-17F #41-24515, 324th Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided at 117 Dover Street, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 20, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Filling Station Attendant and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #41-24515 took off, with a crew of 10, on a bombing mission over Wilhelmshaven, Germany. They were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire and also by German fighter planes causing them to crash into the North Sea.
Rollin was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with "1" Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart with "1" Oak Leaf Cluster.
Service # O-793974
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24515:
Ball, Rollin P. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MD
Cole, Robert W. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, MA
Fischer, Philip S. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NJ
Freschauf, Charles W. ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NE
Harvey, Herbert H. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, TS
Jones, Jerald H. ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AZ
Joslin, John W., Jr. ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, AZ
Kohn, Sidney L. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, MO
Margason, Mark W. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, OR
Simpson, Willard O. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IA
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
He resided at 117 Dover Street, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 20, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Filling Station Attendant and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #41-24515 took off, with a crew of 10, on a bombing mission over Wilhelmshaven, Germany. They were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire and also by German fighter planes causing them to crash into the North Sea.
Rollin was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with "1" Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart with "1" Oak Leaf Cluster.
Service # O-793974
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24515:
Ball, Rollin P. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MD
Cole, Robert W. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, MA
Fischer, Philip S. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NJ
Freschauf, Charles W. ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NE
Harvey, Herbert H. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, TS
Jones, Jerald H. ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AZ
Joslin, John W., Jr. ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, AZ
Kohn, Sidney L. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, MO
Margason, Mark W. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, OR
Simpson, Willard O. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IA
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Rollin "Page" served as a Second Lieutenant & Navigator on B-17F #41-24515, 324th Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided at 117 Dover Street, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 20, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Filling Station Attendant and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #41-24515 took off, with a crew of 10, on a bombing mission over Wilhelmshaven, Germany. They were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire and also by German fighter planes causing them to crash into the North Sea.
Rollin was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with "1" Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart with "1" Oak Leaf Cluster.
Service # O-793974
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24515:
Ball, Rollin P. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MD
Cole, Robert W. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, MA
Fischer, Philip S. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NJ
Freschauf, Charles W. ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NE
Harvey, Herbert H. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, TS
Jones, Jerald H. ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AZ
Joslin, John W., Jr. ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, AZ
Kohn, Sidney L. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, MO
Margason, Mark W. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, OR
Simpson, Willard O. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IA
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
He resided at 117 Dover Street, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 20, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Filling Station Attendant and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #41-24515 took off, with a crew of 10, on a bombing mission over Wilhelmshaven, Germany. They were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire and also by German fighter planes causing them to crash into the North Sea.
Rollin was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with "1" Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart with "1" Oak Leaf Cluster.
Service # O-793974
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24515:
Ball, Rollin P. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, MD
Cole, Robert W. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, MA
Fischer, Philip S. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NJ
Freschauf, Charles W. ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NE
Harvey, Herbert H. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, TS
Jones, Jerald H. ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AZ
Joslin, John W., Jr. ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, AZ
Kohn, Sidney L. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, MO
Margason, Mark W. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, OR
Simpson, Willard O. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, IA
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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