UPL 56085
IMAGEThis describes the next image, media-56086: AN EIGHTH BOMBER COMMAND STATION. ENGLAND. 2nd Lt. Owen D. (Cowboy) Roane, pilot of the Eighth Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Torchy III," sits beside the 20 mm cannon shell hole blasted into the wing of his big bomber by NAZI fighters during his twenty-fifth bombing trip over Europe. Lt Roane, whose home is Valley View, Texas, participated in the famous "shuttle bombing" of the Messerschmitt factory in Regensburg, Germany, and recently led his group in the successful attack of the Nazi power plant in Rujukan, Norway.
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Units
- 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: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18006165 / T-120216 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Laden Maiden, Torchy 3
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield