Rowland H Evans
Military ROLL OF HONOURhttp://eastangliamemorials.blogspot.co.uk/
B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force, Martin W. Bowman, page 107
Pilot, Evans crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Crashed landed on 4 January 1944 in B-17F #42-29923 'Lucky Strike' near Nolfolk due to low fuel, iced windshield. Attempted to land in a field and hit a ditch. 2 crewmembers KIA. Mission #56 to Kiel, Germany.
Shot down by ME109s and crashed near Detmold/Lippe, GR on a mission to Oschersleben on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39895 'Bermondsey Battler'. Killed in Action (KIA).
2nd Lieutenant Rowland H. Evans was born July 5, 1916. His next of kin were his mother, Bertha Evans, and an uncle, Philip Zipp. His hometown was Baltimore, Maryland.
He was the copilot of “Bermondsay Battler,” B-17 tail #42-39895, of the 381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Detmold, Germany, on February 22, 1944.
He is buried at the US Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12184819
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11071209
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-122228
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33186083
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Baltimore, Maryland | 5 July 1916 | 2nd Lieutenant Rowland H. Evans was born July 5, 1916. His next of kin were his mother, Bertha Evans, and an uncle, Philip Zipp. His hometown was Baltimore, Maryland. |
Died |
Detmold, Germany | 22 February 1944 | He was the copilot of “Bermondsay Battler,” B-17 tail #42-39895, of the 381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Detmold, Germany, on February 22, 1944. |
Buried |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia