Roscoe Vachel Black Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
From his nephew Mike McClanahan
Object Number - UPL 52353 - Lt R.V. Black
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 21-May-43 in B-17 42-5857. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16136
Awards: 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: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37451450
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16035360 / O-661957
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06972086
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095255 / O-732765
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-732680
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Marietta, Georgia | 20 January 1920 | Son of Roscoe V Black and Mae Lorene [Gurley] Black. |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 21 May 1943 | Shot down 21-May-43 in B-17 42-5857. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16136 |
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Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National CemeteryLemay, St. Louis County, MO | 10 May 1950 | Originally buried in Wittmund Cemetery in Wittmund, Germany. After the war, the bodies of the six could not be individually identified and on May 10, 1950, they received a group burial in Plot 84-0-97-99 in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Saint Louis, Missouri. |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 21 May 1943 | Assigned to 324BS, 98BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorMike McClanahan
Changes
Sources
Find a Grave, John H Miller
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42259469/john-henry-miller
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16136 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
