Ewing B Roddy

Military
media-6509.jpeg UPL 6509 Lt. Bill Templeton –490th BG Sqd. 848 Lead Crew after 12th mission (second Air Medal) Feb. 22, 1945 ( command officers not included)

Standing L_R Navigator, Lt. Bruno Conterato; Pilot Lt. William Templeton; Co-Pilot Dale Rector
Kneeling L-R Sgt. Lloyd Parrish, gunner ; T/Sgt. Ewing Roddy, engineer; T/Sgt. James Lee Hutchinson, Radio Operator; S/Sgt. Bert Allinder, Armorer gunner

Sent through to the museum by James Lee Hutchinson.

Object Number - UPL 6509 - Lt. Bill Templeton –490th BG Sqd. 848 Lead Crew after 12th mission (second Air Medal) Feb. 22, 1945 ( command officers not included) ...

Member of Templeton crew; 57 years after the event he received an Air Medal for an action over Germany in 1945 when a bomb got stuck in the bomb bay. He managed to kick the bomb out before it exploded and his oxygen ran out.

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The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

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490th BG Bombs Away June 2003

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 6509 - Lt. Bill Templeton –490th BG Sqd. 848 Lead Crew...