Francis Wayne Rollins
Military
From left to right : Robert Wilcox, Harold Freeman, Marvin Bender, William Grupp.
Kneeling : Lawrence Anderson, Francis Rollins, Robert Plumkett (replaced by Levi Collins for 31st December mission,
Francis Anderson, Harold Long and Veikko Koski.
Object Number - UPL 53787 - The crew of "Iron Ass" 42-39823 – 351st BG, 510th BS From left to right : Robert Wilcox, Harold Freeman, Marvin...
Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #42-39823 'Iron Ass'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14084440
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37316172
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679428
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Iron Ass
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Meigs County, OH | 30 November 1923 | Son of Eddie Rollins. |
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Enlisted |
Toledo, OH | 16 January 1943 | Toledo, Ohio |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 31 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
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Died |
Torrance, CA | 24 July 1997 | |
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Based |
Polebrook | 31 December 1943 | Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1983 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database