Roy Thomas Nalley
MilitaryBack row, from left to right :
1st Lt. Milton Marion “Milt” Stenstrom (Pilot), 1st Lt. Robert L. "Rob" Carlberg (Copilot), 1st Lt. Ewart Theodore "Sconnie" Sconiers (Bombardier), 1st Lt. Harold "Harry" "Shorty" Spire (Navigator).
Bottom Row, from left to right:
Sgt. James C. "Jim" Simmons (Tail Gunner), Sgt. Thomas C. "Tom" Calhoun (Waist Gunner), Staff Sgt. William A. "Bill" Adams (Radio Operator), Sgt. William E. "Bill" Schimke (Ball Turret Gunner), Sgt. John M. Hughes (Waist Gunner), Staff Sgt. Roy T. Nalley (Engineer / Top Turret Gunner).
(Photo courtesy of Fredrick Richard "Rick" Flack)
Updated by Fredrick Richard "Rick" Flack on July 29, 2020.
Note : the 1930 US Census has his family's name wrongly spelled as Nally... This was corrected in the 1940 one > Nalley...
A Top Turret Gunner, Roy Nalley was shot down on 21 October 1942 in B-17 #41-24443, Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14030942
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34199059
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-442752
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12036569
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16061443
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 21 October 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 21 August 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 17 August 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Beech Grove, McLean County, Kentucky, United States | 30 April 1920 | the son of John Thomas Nalley and Lilian Clara (Coomes) Nalley |
Other Captured |
Quimper, France | 21 October 1942 | after the ditching of B-17F 41-24443 off the coast of Brittany, France and being rescued by a French fishing boat which brought him and 8 other crew members to shore |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
21 October 1942 | held at Stalag XVIIB, Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Miltary Control (RMC) 12 June 1945.” | |
Enlisted |
Camp Atterbury, Columbus, Indiana, United States | 25 March 1946 | Re-enlisted in the Air Corps |
Died |
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, United States | 7 July 2009 | |
District 5, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, United States | |||
Enlisted |
in the Air Corps | ||
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, United States | |||
Buried |
Resurrection Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, United States |
Revisions
Roy Nalley was flight engineer on 41-9089 on its first mission 17 August as well as August 21st when he received the DFC.
Roy Nalley was awarded the DFC on September 12th 1942 for acts on August 21st 1942. He along with Ewart Sconiers helped pilot Richard Starks to fly their damaged B-17 (41-9089 Johnny Reb) back to England after the co-pilot Donald Walter was killed. Per New York Times August 23rd and September 13th.
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
US Censuses 1930 and 1940
NARA WWII POW Records
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Lee Cunningham 28-Oct-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol 1, pp 38-39 by Bishop and Hey