B-17 42-30467
Delivered Cheyenne 5 JUN 43; Rapid City 18 JUN 43; Geiger 22 JUN 43; Gr Isle 28 JUN 43; Dow Field 21 JUL43; Assigned 20th Bomb Squadron/2nd Bomb Group Massicault 24 JUL43; Missing in Action {3m} Foggia 19 AUG 43 with Dick Rozzelle, Navigator: Alex Mayberry, Bombardier: Carmel Parsons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Seb Hernandez, Radio Operator: Earl Bjorkland, Ball turret gunner: Bill Groot, Waist gunner: John Adams, Waist gunner: Bob Woods, Tail gunner: Art Panini (9 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Kingsbury (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit #3, crashed sea; five chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 458. BIG JEFF
Airman who Perished on B-17 #42-30467
Adams, John E. ~ SSGT, Waist Gunner, MA
Rozzelle, Richard E. ~ 1LT, Pilot, DC
Mayberry, Alexander G. ~ 2LT, Navigator, PA
Parsons, Carmel F. ~ 2LT, Bombardier, KY
Hernandez, Sebastian S. ~ TSGT, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, TX
Bjorklund, Earl ~ TSGT, Radio Operator, CT
Groot, William E. ~ SSGT, Ball Turret Gunner, CT
Woods, Robert E. ~ SSGT, Waist Gunner, WA
Panini, Arthur P. ~ SSGT, Tail Gunner, NY
Delivered Cheyenne 5 JUN 43; Rapid City 18 JUN 43; Geiger 22 JUN 43; Gr Isle 28 JUN 43; Dow Field 21 JUL43; Assigned 20th Bomb Squadron/2nd Bomb Group Massicault 24 JUL43; Missing in Action {3m} Foggia 19 AUG 43 with Dick Rozzelle, Navigator: Alex Mayberry, Bombardier: Carmel Parsons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Seb Hernandez, Radio Operator: Earl Bjorkland, Ball turret gunner: Bill Groot, Waist gunner: John Adams, Waist gunner: Bob Woods, Tail gunner: Art Panini (9 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Kingsbury (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit #3, crashed sea; five chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 458. BIG JEFF
Airman who Perished on B-17 #42-30467
Adams, John E. ~ SSGT, Waist Gunner, MA
Rozzelle, Richard E. ~ 1LT, Pilot, DC
Mayberry, Alexander G. ~ 2LT, Navigator, PA
Parsons, Carmel F. ~ 2LT, Bombardier, KY
Hernandez, Sebastian S. ~ TSGT, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, TX
Bjorklund, Earl ~ TSGT, Radio Operator, CT
Groot, William E. ~ SSGT, Ball Turret Gunner, CT
Woods, Robert E. ~ SSGT, Waist Gunner, WA
Panini, Arthur P. ~ SSGT, Tail Gunner, NY
B-17 42-30467
Delivered Cheyenne 5 JUN 43; Rapid City 18 JUN 43; Geiger 22 JUN 43; Gr Isle 28 JUN 43; Dow Field 21 JUL43; Assigned 20th Bomb Squadron/2nd Bomb Group Massicault 24 JUL43; Missing in Action {3m} Foggia 19 AUG 43 with Dick Rozzelle, Navigator: Alex Mayberry, Bombardier: Carmel Parsons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Seb Hernandez, Radio Operator: Earl Bjorkland, Ball turret gunner: Bill Groot, Waist gunner: John Adams, Waist gunner: Bob Woods, Tail gunner: Art Panini (9 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Kingsbury (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit #3, crashed sea; five chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 458. BIG JEFF
Airman who Perished on B-17 #42-30467
Adams, John E. ~ SSGT, Waist Gunner, MA
Rozzelle, Richard E. ~ 1LT, Pilot, DC
Mayberry, Alexander G. ~ 2LT, Navigator, PA
Parsons, Carmel F. ~ 2LT, Bombardier, KY
Hernandez, Sebastian S. ~ TSGT, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, TX
Bjorklund, Earl ~ TSGT, Radio Operator, CT
Groot, William E. ~ SSGT, Ball Turret Gunner, CT
Woods, Robert E. ~ SSGT, Waist Gunner, WA
Panini, Arthur P. ~ SSGT, Tail Gunner, NY
Delivered Cheyenne 5 JUN 43; Rapid City 18 JUN 43; Geiger 22 JUN 43; Gr Isle 28 JUN 43; Dow Field 21 JUL43; Assigned 20th Bomb Squadron/2nd Bomb Group Massicault 24 JUL43; Missing in Action {3m} Foggia 19 AUG 43 with Dick Rozzelle, Navigator: Alex Mayberry, Bombardier: Carmel Parsons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Seb Hernandez, Radio Operator: Earl Bjorkland, Ball turret gunner: Bill Groot, Waist gunner: John Adams, Waist gunner: Bob Woods, Tail gunner: Art Panini (9 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Kingsbury (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit #3, crashed sea; five chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 458. BIG JEFF
Airman who Perished on B-17 #42-30467
Adams, John E. ~ SSGT, Waist Gunner, MA
Rozzelle, Richard E. ~ 1LT, Pilot, DC
Mayberry, Alexander G. ~ 2LT, Navigator, PA
Parsons, Carmel F. ~ 2LT, Bombardier, KY
Hernandez, Sebastian S. ~ TSGT, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, TX
Bjorklund, Earl ~ TSGT, Radio Operator, CT
Groot, William E. ~ SSGT, Ball Turret Gunner, CT
Woods, Robert E. ~ SSGT, Waist Gunner, WA
Panini, Arthur P. ~ SSGT, Tail Gunner, NY
Inscription
T SGT 20 BOMB SQ 2 BOMB GP (H) CONNECTICUT
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Connecticut.
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Records on Ancestry
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1940 United States Federal Census
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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