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Bernard J. ROTH
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Pilot Class Book 43-H, Waco, Texas | |||||||
| NUMERO DE SERVICE | O-689898 | ||||||
| AGE | ans | ||||||
| DATE DE NAISSANCE | South Gate, CALIFORNIA | ||||||
| ETAT | ARIZONA | ||||||
| FAMILLE | |||||||
| GRADE | Second Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilote | ||||||
| PROFESSION AVANT INCORPORATION |  | ||||||
| DATE D'INCORPORATION | |||||||
| SQUADRON | 410th Fighter Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 373rd Fighter Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 9th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE DU DECES | 4 Juin 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUT | KIA | ||||||
| LIEU DU DECES | Bernay | ||||||
| DONNEE DE PLAN |
P-47 Thunderbolt - type D-22-RE - s/n 42-26265
Macr: 6349 Mission: "dive-bombing" - Région parisienne Décollage station 419 Woodchurch, Kent Abattu par la flak du train qu'il attaquait Explosion qualifiée de "terrific" par le Major Feld - 12h00/12h30 | ||||||
| CIMETIERE | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY de Colleville | ||||||
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| HISTOIRE | |||||||
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KIA 4-6-1944 en tant que pilote de P-47D / # 42-26265 / MACR 6349. Sortie: bombardement en piqué dans la région parisienne. Frappez un arbre en mitraillant un train. Crash sur la voie ferrée et peut-être dans le train à Plainville, 5 miles à l'ouest de Bernay, en France. 2nd Lieutenant Roth est enterré au cimetière Normandy, A-16-44. Source de la photographie: livre de classe de pilote 43-H, Waco, Texas. | ||||||
9th Air Force D-Day
Order of battle Air
Commander in Chef: Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
9th Air Force: Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton
| IX Tactical Air Command (Middle Wallop): Major General Elwood R. Quesada |
| 70th Fighter Wing (Ibsley airfield): Brigadier General James W. McCauley |
| 48th Fighter Group (Ibsley airfield): Colonel George L. Wertenbaker |
| 367th Fighter Group (Stoney Crass airfield): Colonel Charles M. Young |
| 371st Fighter Group (Bisterne airfield): Colonel Bingham T. Kleine |
| 474th Fighter Group (Warmwell airfield): Colonel Clinton C. Wasen |
| 71st Fighter Wing (Andover airfield): Brigadier General Ned Schramm |
| 366th Fighter Group (Thruxton airfield): Colonel Harold N. Holt |
| 368th Fighter Group (Chilbolton airfield): Colonel Gilbert L. Meyers |
| 370th Fighter Group (Andover airfield): Colonel Seth McKee |
| 84th Fighter Wing (Beaulieu airfield): Colonel Arthur G. Salisbury |
| 50th Fighter Group (Lymington airfield): Colonel William D. Greenfield |
| 365th Fighter Group (Beaulieu airfield): Colonel Ray J. Stecker |
| 404th Fighter Group (Winkton airfield): Colonel Carroll W. McColpin |
| 405th Fighter Group (Christchurch airfield): Colonel Robert L. Delashaw |
| 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group (Middle Wallop airfield): Colonel George W. Peck |
| XIX Tactical Air Command (Aldermaston): Major General Otto P. Weyland |
| 100th Fighter Wing (Lashenden airfield): Brigadier General Homer L. Sanders |
| 354th Fighter Group (Lashenden airfield): Colonel George B. Bickell |
| 358th Fighter Group (High Haldon airfield): Colonel Cecil L. Wells |
| 362nd Fighter Group (Headcorn airfield): Colonel Morton D. Magoffin |
| 363rd Fighter Group (Staplehurst airfield): Colonel Jim Tipton |
| 303rd Fighter Wing (Ashford airfield): Brigadier General Burton M. Hovey, Jr |
| 36th Fighter Group (Kingsnorth airfield): Lt. Colonel Van H. Slayden |
| 373rd Fighter Group (Woodchurch airfield): Colonel William H. Schwartz |
| 406th Fighter Group (Ashford airfield): Colonel Anthony V. Grossetta |
| 10th Photo Reconnaissance Group (Chalgrobe airfield): Colonel W. B. Reed |
| IX Troop Carrier Command (Grantham): Major General Paul L. Williams |
| 50th Troop Carrier Wing (Exeter airfield): Colonel Julian M. Chappell |
| 439th Troop Carrier Group (Upottery airfield): Lt. Colonel Charles H. Young |
| 440th Troop Carrier Group (Exeter airfield): Lt. Colonel Frank X. Krebs |
| 441st Troop Carrier Group (Merryfield airfield): Lt. Colonel Theodore G. Kershaw |
| 442nd Troop Carrier Group (Weston Zoyland airfield): Lt. Colonel Charles M. Smith |
| 52nd Troop Carrier Wing (Cottesmore airfield): Brigadier General Harold L. Clark |
| 61st Troop Carrier Group (Barkston Heath airfield): Colonel Willis W. Mitchell |
| 313th Troop Carrier Group (Folkingham airfield): Colonel James J. Roberts, Jr |
| 314th Troop Carrier Group (Saltby airfield): Colonel Clayton Stiles |
| 315th Troop Carrier Group (Spanhoe airfield): Colonel Hamish McLelland |
| 316th Troop Carrier Group (Cottesmore airfield): Colonel Harvey A. Berger |
| 53rd Troop Carrier Wing (Greenham Common airfield): Colonel Maurice M. Beach |
| 434th Troop Carrier Group (Aldermaston airfield): Colonel William B. Whitacre |
| 435th Troop Carrier Group (Welford airfield): Colonel Frank J. Mac Nees |
| 436th Troop Carrier Group (Membury airfield): Lt. Colonel Adriel N. Williams |
| 437th Troop Carrier Group (Ramsbury airfield): Colonel Cedric E. Hudgens |
| 438th Troop Carrier Group (Greenham airfield): Lt. Colonel John M. Donalson |
| IX Bombardment Command (Little Walden airfield): Major General Samuel E. Anderson |
| 97th Bombardment Wing (Little Walden airfield): Brigadier General Edward N. Backus |
| 409th Bombardment Group (Little Walden airfield): Colonel Preston P. Pender |
| 410th Bombardment Group (Gosfield airfield): Colonel Ralph Rhudy |
| 416th Bombardment Group (Wethersfield airfield): Colonel Harold L. Mace |
| 98th Bombardment Wing (Earls Colne airfield): Colonel Millard Lewis |
| 323rd Bombardment Group (Earls Colne airfield): Colonel Wilson R. Wood |
| 387th Bombardment Group (Stine Cross airfield): Colonel Thomas M. Seymour |
| 394th Bombardmentr Group (Boreham airfield): Colonel Thomas B. Hall |
| 397th Bombardmentr Group (Rivenhall airfield): Colonel Richard T. Coiner, Jr |
| 99th Bombardment Wing (Great Dunmow airfield): Brigadier General Herbert B. Thatcher |
| 322nd Bombardment Group (Great Saling airfield): Colonel Glenn C. Nye |
| 344th Bombardment Group (Stansted Mountfitchet airfield): Colonel Reginald F. Vance |
| 386th Bombardment Group (Great Dunmow airfield): Colonel Joe W. Kelly |
| 391st Bombardment Group (Matching airfield): Colonel Gerard E. Williams |
| IX Engineer Command (Bray Court): Brigadier General James B. Newman Jr |
| 922nd Engineer Aviation Regiment |
| 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 818th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment: |
| 843rd Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 846th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 852nd Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 862nd Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment: |
| 825th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 830th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 832nd Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 840th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 926th Engineer Aviation Regiment |
| 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 826th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 833rd Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| 850th Engineer Aviation Battalion |
| Source Information | Americandday.org |
| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Francecrashes39-45.net - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - Yannick LONGY |
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| PROGRAMMEURS | Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |