Roy Grady Martin
MilitaryAssigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23722. Promoted to Group Operations and Base Executive Officer, after his final mission. ETD
Awards: SS, DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13043630
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36339466
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14054223
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball turret gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Bomerang
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pearsall, TX | 18 June 1919 | Son of Joe Walker and Ora Catherine [Kimball] Martin. |
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Other Ordered to active duty |
Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, TX | 15 July 1941 | Ordered to active duty 15th July 1941, and assigned to Goodfellow Field in San Angelo, Texas. |
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Based |
2 July 1943 | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Final combat mission 19-May-44. | |
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Buried |
Cotulla West Cemetery La Salle County, TX | 22 November 2010 | Cotulla West Cemetery La Salle County, Texas |
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Enlisted |
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Enlisted |
Graduated from Texas A&M in 1940 with a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Infantry Reserve. | ||
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster