Roy Eugene Morris
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters and crashed near Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany, on return from a mission to Brunswick on 10 February 1944 in B-17G #42-31338 'Hard To Get'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39037657
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16077742 at enlistment, then O-739172
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13119841
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32380253
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16088149
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hard To Get
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
30 June 1917 | Stephenson County, Illinois, United States | |
Enlisted |
1 May 1942 | at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
10 February 1944 | Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany | |
Buried |
11 February 1944 | in the Kemme cemetery | |
Freeport, Illinois | |||
Buried |
after the war his remains were brought to a Temporary American Cemetery in Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium | ||
Buried |
Roy Morris’ remains were repatriated to the USA and they rest in a common grave with William Doyle and John Nightingale at the Rock Island National Cemetery in Rock Island, Illinois |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
MACR 2540
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2540 / MACR 2540, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database