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Roswell David Roberts

Military

media-46777.jpeg UPL 46777 Captain Roswell D. Roberts
Fighter Pilot
365th FG - 388th FS - 9th AF

365FG FB Page

Object Number - UPL 46777 - Captain Roswell D. Roberts Fighter Pilot 365th FG - 388th FS - 9th AF

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Units served with

Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys

365th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Captain Zell Smith Jr. of the 365th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Image via DK Beaumeister, via Zell Smith.

388th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Places

Aachen

Site type: Airfield

Azeville

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Fontanay-Sur-Mer

Beaulieu

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Beaulieu

Chievres

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Chièvres Air Base

Ground personnel of the 474th Fighter Group inspect a P-38 Lightning that has crash landed on its nose.

Florennes / Juzaine

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Florennes / Juxaine

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Milwaukee, WI	6 December 1919
Enlisted	Fresno, CA	16 December 1942
Died	Tuolumne, CA	22 November 1995
Buried	Sonora, CA	25 November 1995	Saint Patricks Catholic Mountain View Cemetery Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, USA
	Glendale, CA		528 West Fairmont Worked for Lockheed Aircraft
Other Assigned to the 365th FG	RAF Beaulieu

Revisions

Date26 Dec 2020 00:33:56

Contributor466thHistorian

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Sources

http://hellhawks.org/388_roster.html
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=1754807…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=665041&…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120347375/roswell-d.-roberts
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5180&h=6226734…

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