1Lt US Army World War II
Killed in Action
Son of William Andrew Roach and Frankie Lennon Roach
Roach was a crew member aboard a B-24D aircraft (the "Annie Oakley") that was shot down near the Kiel Canal, Germany on May 14, 1943. Their mission was to carry incendiary bombs to Kiel. En route, when they crossed the coast of Denmark and looked down, they could see fighter planes taking off from their bases and rising fast towards them. They were hit in the right out board engine by a burst of flak and set that engine on fire and forced them out of formation. The fighters then began to pick on them as a "cripple" and soon were firing upon them from all directions. Number three engine burst into flame and number one engine ran away and the plane went into a violent spin. The landing spot of the "Annie Oakley" was near Rendsberg, Germany. Their were 10 men onboard; 8 died instantly, including Sidney W. Graham, one (Bill Roach) died in the hospital, and one survived (Louis Kissinger). This is Louis' account to Sidney's mother of the last mission of the "Annie Oakley."
Killed in Action
Son of William Andrew Roach and Frankie Lennon Roach
Roach was a crew member aboard a B-24D aircraft (the "Annie Oakley") that was shot down near the Kiel Canal, Germany on May 14, 1943. Their mission was to carry incendiary bombs to Kiel. En route, when they crossed the coast of Denmark and looked down, they could see fighter planes taking off from their bases and rising fast towards them. They were hit in the right out board engine by a burst of flak and set that engine on fire and forced them out of formation. The fighters then began to pick on them as a "cripple" and soon were firing upon them from all directions. Number three engine burst into flame and number one engine ran away and the plane went into a violent spin. The landing spot of the "Annie Oakley" was near Rendsberg, Germany. Their were 10 men onboard; 8 died instantly, including Sidney W. Graham, one (Bill Roach) died in the hospital, and one survived (Louis Kissinger). This is Louis' account to Sidney's mother of the last mission of the "Annie Oakley."
1Lt US Army World War II
Killed in Action
Son of William Andrew Roach and Frankie Lennon Roach
Roach was a crew member aboard a B-24D aircraft (the "Annie Oakley") that was shot down near the Kiel Canal, Germany on May 14, 1943. Their mission was to carry incendiary bombs to Kiel. En route, when they crossed the coast of Denmark and looked down, they could see fighter planes taking off from their bases and rising fast towards them. They were hit in the right out board engine by a burst of flak and set that engine on fire and forced them out of formation. The fighters then began to pick on them as a "cripple" and soon were firing upon them from all directions. Number three engine burst into flame and number one engine ran away and the plane went into a violent spin. The landing spot of the "Annie Oakley" was near Rendsberg, Germany. Their were 10 men onboard; 8 died instantly, including Sidney W. Graham, one (Bill Roach) died in the hospital, and one survived (Louis Kissinger). This is Louis' account to Sidney's mother of the last mission of the "Annie Oakley."
Killed in Action
Son of William Andrew Roach and Frankie Lennon Roach
Roach was a crew member aboard a B-24D aircraft (the "Annie Oakley") that was shot down near the Kiel Canal, Germany on May 14, 1943. Their mission was to carry incendiary bombs to Kiel. En route, when they crossed the coast of Denmark and looked down, they could see fighter planes taking off from their bases and rising fast towards them. They were hit in the right out board engine by a burst of flak and set that engine on fire and forced them out of formation. The fighters then began to pick on them as a "cripple" and soon were firing upon them from all directions. Number three engine burst into flame and number one engine ran away and the plane went into a violent spin. The landing spot of the "Annie Oakley" was near Rendsberg, Germany. Their were 10 men onboard; 8 died instantly, including Sidney W. Graham, one (Bill Roach) died in the hospital, and one survived (Louis Kissinger). This is Louis' account to Sidney's mother of the last mission of the "Annie Oakley."
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World War II
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