Roy B Erwin Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURJoined Sqd 3/20/42. ETO/Flight Echelon 10/2/42.
Killed in Action (KIA) (St Nazaire) on January 3, 1943 B-24 #41-23806 'Bat Out of Hell' crashed south-west of Haverfordwest returning from target U/B yards (submarine) at St. Nazaire, France. Fuel shortage caused the crash. Pilot Hilliard was killed.
He went on Sub patrol in the months of April and May with Lt. Diehl and Capt O'Brien over the Gulf of Mexico. They flew a ship from the 66th squadron and used men from the 68th for the crew. On 10 July 1942 they destroyed a submarine at 2010 hours.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Bat Out Of Hell
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed on Mission (KOM) |
Haverfordwest, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, UK | 5 January 1943 | Died of injuries 5-Jan-43 received in the crash landing of the aircraft on 3-Jan-43 upon return from a mission to St. Nazaire, France. The American Battle Monuments Commission has no record that his remains are currently interred in any American cemetery in Europe. It is possible that his remains were repatriated to the United States after the war. |
Born |
Shreveport, Louisiana |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2015. Added KOM event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy p. 39, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams p.27