Pilot Captain later Colonel John R."Packy" Roche DFC
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa, Later West Palm Beach, Fla.
Squadron: 330th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Ploesti
Target:White 2 (Concordia Vega) & White 3 (Unirea Sepranta) Missing Air Crew Report Details USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-24109
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: C
Aircraft Name: READY & WILLING
Location: crew of 11 Returned successfully to Libya
Captain Roche was awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor in " Operation Tidal Wave " one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Traveling Circus attacks the Concordia-Vega oil refinery. The 93rd earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
colonel Roche was recalled to duty during Korean conflict. He was USAF careerist.
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa, Later West Palm Beach, Fla.
Squadron: 330th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Ploesti
Target:White 2 (Concordia Vega) & White 3 (Unirea Sepranta) Missing Air Crew Report Details USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-24109
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: C
Aircraft Name: READY & WILLING
Location: crew of 11 Returned successfully to Libya
Captain Roche was awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor in " Operation Tidal Wave " one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Traveling Circus attacks the Concordia-Vega oil refinery. The 93rd earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
colonel Roche was recalled to duty during Korean conflict. He was USAF careerist.
Pilot Captain later Colonel John R."Packy" Roche DFC
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa, Later West Palm Beach, Fla.
Squadron: 330th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Ploesti
Target:White 2 (Concordia Vega) & White 3 (Unirea Sepranta) Missing Air Crew Report Details USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-24109
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: C
Aircraft Name: READY & WILLING
Location: crew of 11 Returned successfully to Libya
Captain Roche was awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor in " Operation Tidal Wave " one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Traveling Circus attacks the Concordia-Vega oil refinery. The 93rd earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
colonel Roche was recalled to duty during Korean conflict. He was USAF careerist.
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa, Later West Palm Beach, Fla.
Squadron: 330th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Ploesti
Target:White 2 (Concordia Vega) & White 3 (Unirea Sepranta) Missing Air Crew Report Details USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-24109
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: C
Aircraft Name: READY & WILLING
Location: crew of 11 Returned successfully to Libya
Captain Roche was awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor in " Operation Tidal Wave " one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Traveling Circus attacks the Concordia-Vega oil refinery. The 93rd earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
colonel Roche was recalled to duty during Korean conflict. He was USAF careerist.
Gravesite Details
COL US AIR FORCE; WORLD WAR II; KOREA; VIETNAM
Family Members
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