Roger Leon Aldrin
MilitaryAssigned to 305TCS, 442TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in C-47 43-15131, mid air collision, crashed Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10687
Awards: AM (OLC, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Nicknames: Lady Eve
- Unit: 442nd Troop Carrier Group 305th Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Fort Devens, MA | 21 November 1942 | Fort Devens Massachusetts |
Died |
Sivry-Rance, Belgium | 30 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) in C-47 43-15131, mid air collision, crashed Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10687 |
Born |
Boston, MA | Son of Gustav and Olga Aldrin. | |
Buried |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Plot G Row 15 Grave 8 | ||
Based |
Assigned to 305TCS, 442TCG, 9AF USAAF. |