Roy H Kirk Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling UPL 60755 UPL 60755 Roy H. Kirk Jr., 750th BS, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60755 - Roy H. Kirk Jr., 750th BS, 457th BG

Killed in Action (KIA) 28 February 1945 in B-17 #448255



AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-8255

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

28 February 1945

Born

Illinois

Buried

Revisions

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Sources

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1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 12802 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling

Object number: UPL 60755 - Roy H. Kirk Jr., 750th BS, 457th BG