Pilot, 15th Air Force, of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-38105 "The Club 105."
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-31845 while returning from
bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The men killed aboard his plane included:
2nd Lt. Karl P Doeppner, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Robert J Hansen, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Sam Smoak, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. William N Cole, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William M Davis, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William I Rodda (unk. position)
THE NEWS-PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1949, PAGE SEVENTEEN
OBITUARY: LT. ROY N. ZEIGER
SAWYER, July 20--Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Zeiger will attend funeral services for their son, 2nd Lt. Roy N. Zeiger, U.S. Bomber pilot who was killed in action over Yugoslavia June 14, 1944.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Jefferson Barracks National cemetery, St. Louis, Mo., according to a telegram received from Louis B. Hellmeyer, superintendent of the cemetery.
Lt. Zeiger enlisted May 30, 1940, before the outbreak of war. For three years he was an instructor in the Armed Force school at Fort Knox, Ky. He received his commission as a graduate of the Army Air corps at Stuttgart Field, Ark., in November of 1943. After taking special training at Lakeland and Tampa, Fla., he was assigned overseas in April, 1944, and attached to the Mediterranean Air Command.
Posthumous award of the Air Medal was made to Lt. Zeiger's widow, Mrs. Grace B. Zeiger, now of Louisville, Ky., at Creekville, Ky., at Bowman Field, Ky., at ceremonies conducted there. The presentation was made by Col. Perry E. Griffith, commanding officer of the post. The medal was awarded for exploits with the 15th AAF.
Lt. Zeiger's parents and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Rex Zeiger, were also present at the presentation ceremonies.
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-31845 while returning from
bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The men killed aboard his plane included:
2nd Lt. Karl P Doeppner, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Robert J Hansen, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Sam Smoak, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. William N Cole, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William M Davis, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William I Rodda (unk. position)
THE NEWS-PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1949, PAGE SEVENTEEN
OBITUARY: LT. ROY N. ZEIGER
SAWYER, July 20--Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Zeiger will attend funeral services for their son, 2nd Lt. Roy N. Zeiger, U.S. Bomber pilot who was killed in action over Yugoslavia June 14, 1944.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Jefferson Barracks National cemetery, St. Louis, Mo., according to a telegram received from Louis B. Hellmeyer, superintendent of the cemetery.
Lt. Zeiger enlisted May 30, 1940, before the outbreak of war. For three years he was an instructor in the Armed Force school at Fort Knox, Ky. He received his commission as a graduate of the Army Air corps at Stuttgart Field, Ark., in November of 1943. After taking special training at Lakeland and Tampa, Fla., he was assigned overseas in April, 1944, and attached to the Mediterranean Air Command.
Posthumous award of the Air Medal was made to Lt. Zeiger's widow, Mrs. Grace B. Zeiger, now of Louisville, Ky., at Creekville, Ky., at Bowman Field, Ky., at ceremonies conducted there. The presentation was made by Col. Perry E. Griffith, commanding officer of the post. The medal was awarded for exploits with the 15th AAF.
Lt. Zeiger's parents and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Rex Zeiger, were also present at the presentation ceremonies.
Pilot, 15th Air Force, of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-38105 "The Club 105."
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-31845 while returning from
bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The men killed aboard his plane included:
2nd Lt. Karl P Doeppner, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Robert J Hansen, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Sam Smoak, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. William N Cole, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William M Davis, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William I Rodda (unk. position)
THE NEWS-PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1949, PAGE SEVENTEEN
OBITUARY: LT. ROY N. ZEIGER
SAWYER, July 20--Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Zeiger will attend funeral services for their son, 2nd Lt. Roy N. Zeiger, U.S. Bomber pilot who was killed in action over Yugoslavia June 14, 1944.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Jefferson Barracks National cemetery, St. Louis, Mo., according to a telegram received from Louis B. Hellmeyer, superintendent of the cemetery.
Lt. Zeiger enlisted May 30, 1940, before the outbreak of war. For three years he was an instructor in the Armed Force school at Fort Knox, Ky. He received his commission as a graduate of the Army Air corps at Stuttgart Field, Ark., in November of 1943. After taking special training at Lakeland and Tampa, Fla., he was assigned overseas in April, 1944, and attached to the Mediterranean Air Command.
Posthumous award of the Air Medal was made to Lt. Zeiger's widow, Mrs. Grace B. Zeiger, now of Louisville, Ky., at Creekville, Ky., at Bowman Field, Ky., at ceremonies conducted there. The presentation was made by Col. Perry E. Griffith, commanding officer of the post. The medal was awarded for exploits with the 15th AAF.
Lt. Zeiger's parents and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Rex Zeiger, were also present at the presentation ceremonies.
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-31845 while returning from
bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The men killed aboard his plane included:
2nd Lt. Karl P Doeppner, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Robert J Hansen, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Sam Smoak, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. William N Cole, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William M Davis, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William I Rodda (unk. position)
THE NEWS-PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1949, PAGE SEVENTEEN
OBITUARY: LT. ROY N. ZEIGER
SAWYER, July 20--Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Zeiger will attend funeral services for their son, 2nd Lt. Roy N. Zeiger, U.S. Bomber pilot who was killed in action over Yugoslavia June 14, 1944.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Jefferson Barracks National cemetery, St. Louis, Mo., according to a telegram received from Louis B. Hellmeyer, superintendent of the cemetery.
Lt. Zeiger enlisted May 30, 1940, before the outbreak of war. For three years he was an instructor in the Armed Force school at Fort Knox, Ky. He received his commission as a graduate of the Army Air corps at Stuttgart Field, Ark., in November of 1943. After taking special training at Lakeland and Tampa, Fla., he was assigned overseas in April, 1944, and attached to the Mediterranean Air Command.
Posthumous award of the Air Medal was made to Lt. Zeiger's widow, Mrs. Grace B. Zeiger, now of Louisville, Ky., at Creekville, Ky., at Bowman Field, Ky., at ceremonies conducted there. The presentation was made by Col. Perry E. Griffith, commanding officer of the post. The medal was awarded for exploits with the 15th AAF.
Lt. Zeiger's parents and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Rex Zeiger, were also present at the presentation ceremonies.
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2LT, 775 AAF BOMB SQ, 463 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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