Staff Sgt. Roberts was aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #41-29032, serving with the 735th Bomb Squadron, 453rd Bomb Group.
While on a training flight out of the Pocatello Army Airfield, he was killed when the bomber struck a mountainside thirteen miles south of Dubois, Wyoming.
All eleven aboard perished:
2nd Lieutenant Alan F. Kirschner
2nd Lt. David H MacGowan(Instr. pilot)
2nd Lt. Royce O Davis
2nd Lt. Lyle P Schroeer
T/Sgt. Vernon Leroy Warner
Sgt. Joseph Baiocchi
S/Sgt. Jesse P Bradshaw
S/Sgt. Granville W Hampton
S/Sgt. William G Parkey
S/Sgt. Herbert W Roberts
S/Sgt. Chester W Stock
He was the son of Marion (Cloutier) and Herbert Roberts. He was also the husband of Grace (Buchannan) Roberts and the father of an infant son, Bruce W. Roberts.
Birth year is estimated.
Staff Sgt. Roberts was aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #41-29032, serving with the 735th Bomb Squadron, 453rd Bomb Group.
While on a training flight out of the Pocatello Army Airfield, he was killed when the bomber struck a mountainside thirteen miles south of Dubois, Wyoming.
All eleven aboard perished:
2nd Lieutenant Alan F. Kirschner
2nd Lt. David H MacGowan(Instr. pilot)
2nd Lt. Royce O Davis
2nd Lt. Lyle P Schroeer
T/Sgt. Vernon Leroy Warner
Sgt. Joseph Baiocchi
S/Sgt. Jesse P Bradshaw
S/Sgt. Granville W Hampton
S/Sgt. William G Parkey
S/Sgt. Herbert W Roberts
S/Sgt. Chester W Stock
He was the son of Marion (Cloutier) and Herbert Roberts. He was also the husband of Grace (Buchannan) Roberts and the father of an infant son, Bruce W. Roberts.
Birth year is estimated.
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