Jack Hughston Roach
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Lt. Jack H Roach took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti, flying aboard the B-24 41-23722,'Bomerang'. He flew on a total of 23 combat missions. On a mission to Osnabruck, Germany in the B-24 42-63982, Jack Frost his plane was hit by flak. It spun down and exploded. He was Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2190
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14062779 / O-668185
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Portland, Oregon, USA | 25 March 1919 | Son of William F and Lola Mae Roach. Husband of Winifred L Roach. |
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR | 21 February 1942 | Portland, Oregon |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Quakenbruck, Germany | 22 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 42-63982 'Jack Frost'; Hit by flak, spun down and exploded. KIA MACR 2190 |
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Buried |
Belcrest Memorial Park Salem, Marion County, OR | Re-Interred Belcrest Memorial Park Salem, Marion County, Oregon Block 1 Section 55 Lot 5 | |
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Based |
Hardwick | 22 December 1943 | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Edited biography for coherence and relevance, changing all instances of aircraft names into sentence case to as per best practice for accessibility.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2190 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
