2LT Albert Lewis Rolnick
BOMBARDIER 813 BS 482 BG (P)
13070775 / O-732663
Maryland
Age at death 22
b. March 29, 1921, Baltimore, Maryland
r. Baltimore, Maryland
WWII: Registered February 14, 1942.
Enlisted in US Army Air Corps on March 11, 1942.
Awards: Purple Heart & Air Medal w/ 1 Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was first assigned to the 322nd Bomb Squadron in the 91st Bomb Group before being transferred to 813 Bomb Squadron in the 482nd Bomb Group (Pathfinder). Both in the U.S. Eighth Air Force in England. He escaped one fatal crash with 91st BG a month prior due to hitting his head , but tragically the crash on November 10, 1943 killed him, the crew and four British civilian road workers and their horse. A permanent memorial is being planned for the 80th anniversary on November 10, 2023 in Brome near crash site.
Parents: Mitchell Herman Rolnick & Irene (Abel) Caplan
Occupation before war: Clerk, General Office.
Sources: WWII Registration Card, National Jewish Welfare Board Index Card, 91st Bomb Group website, 1930
US Federal Census.
Contributed by: arborvitae (47298569)
Please contact if researching or have photos. Book quotations courtesy of Wilfred Stein.
Biography by Wilfred Stein
Mitchell Rolnick is listed in the 1930 Census as now living with Irene and their son Albert in a row house at 2119 Park Ave Baltimore, "a merchant in rubber goods". (Excerpt from p. 152)
"But Albert Louis Rolnick, the son of Mitchell and Irene 157, did not live long enough to take up a profession. Albert had studied at the Baltimore City College and had been working for the Monroe Upholstering Company when he was drafted into the US Air Corps in March 1942 and trained as a bombardier.
Albert was posted to England where he took part in missions with the 322nd Squadron of the 91st Bomber Group, flying bombers over Germany. He had, at first, some lucky escapes. Jaundice kept him for a few weeks out of an initial posting with a different Flying Fortress squadron. Then followed seven successful missions. A slight injury earned Albert a Purple Heart while on one of them.
He was due to fly with Charles Pinning's crew on the "Chief Sly II" on the 9th October, 1943 (the lower photograph on the next page was taken a few days before. Albert is in the front row, extreme right, Lieut. Pinning on Albert's left was also from Baltimore and a friend of Albert).
But "this crew did not return from the raid on Anklam, Germany .... Their plane was shot down that day and there were no survivors. A. L. Rolnick did not fly as bombardier on this day due to bumping his head on the bomb bay door. 159"
However, a month later, after two more successful missions with a
different crew, Albert was in a plane that caught fire shortly after take-off from an airfield in Surrey, UK, and crashed. There were no survivors. After the war, Albert's mother Irene arranged for his body to be brought back to the USA, and he was re-interred in the cemetery of Anshei Emunah (the Tauroggen 160) Congregration, next to his father, Mitchell, and near his grandfather Louis (after whom he had been named): 161.
With Albert's death, no male Rolnicks were left to carry on Louis Rolnick's family name. Indeed, his death almost terminated the entire line of Rolnick surnames that descended from his great-grandfather Berl Rolnik. We saw that Berl had fourteen children, nine of them sons. All but one of them were blessed only with daughters or had lost sons before these could produce a son. The Rolnick chromosome thus has had to be followed through the sole remaining male-line branch of Berl Rolnik's tree, the descendants of William Rolnick."
157 His father died when Albert was 18, and his mother later re-married.
158 Alvin survived the War. Photographs courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 2008.027.003
59 http://www.91stbombgroup.com/crewphotos/chiefsly3.html
160 i.e. Taurage
161 The US flag and the medallion on the memorial mark this as a service man's grave.
Source:
CHAPTER FOUR
FROM RASEYN TO AMERICA
Part one: Upyna to Chicago
"Rolnick Chromosomes
The Global Dispersion of Rolniks of Lithuania" by Wilfred Stein
p. 152, 156-158
http://rolnicks-of-lithuania.com
BOMBARDIER 813 BS 482 BG (P)
13070775 / O-732663
Maryland
Age at death 22
b. March 29, 1921, Baltimore, Maryland
r. Baltimore, Maryland
WWII: Registered February 14, 1942.
Enlisted in US Army Air Corps on March 11, 1942.
Awards: Purple Heart & Air Medal w/ 1 Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was first assigned to the 322nd Bomb Squadron in the 91st Bomb Group before being transferred to 813 Bomb Squadron in the 482nd Bomb Group (Pathfinder). Both in the U.S. Eighth Air Force in England. He escaped one fatal crash with 91st BG a month prior due to hitting his head , but tragically the crash on November 10, 1943 killed him, the crew and four British civilian road workers and their horse. A permanent memorial is being planned for the 80th anniversary on November 10, 2023 in Brome near crash site.
Parents: Mitchell Herman Rolnick & Irene (Abel) Caplan
Occupation before war: Clerk, General Office.
Sources: WWII Registration Card, National Jewish Welfare Board Index Card, 91st Bomb Group website, 1930
US Federal Census.
Contributed by: arborvitae (47298569)
Please contact if researching or have photos. Book quotations courtesy of Wilfred Stein.
Biography by Wilfred Stein
Mitchell Rolnick is listed in the 1930 Census as now living with Irene and their son Albert in a row house at 2119 Park Ave Baltimore, "a merchant in rubber goods". (Excerpt from p. 152)
"But Albert Louis Rolnick, the son of Mitchell and Irene 157, did not live long enough to take up a profession. Albert had studied at the Baltimore City College and had been working for the Monroe Upholstering Company when he was drafted into the US Air Corps in March 1942 and trained as a bombardier.
Albert was posted to England where he took part in missions with the 322nd Squadron of the 91st Bomber Group, flying bombers over Germany. He had, at first, some lucky escapes. Jaundice kept him for a few weeks out of an initial posting with a different Flying Fortress squadron. Then followed seven successful missions. A slight injury earned Albert a Purple Heart while on one of them.
He was due to fly with Charles Pinning's crew on the "Chief Sly II" on the 9th October, 1943 (the lower photograph on the next page was taken a few days before. Albert is in the front row, extreme right, Lieut. Pinning on Albert's left was also from Baltimore and a friend of Albert).
But "this crew did not return from the raid on Anklam, Germany .... Their plane was shot down that day and there were no survivors. A. L. Rolnick did not fly as bombardier on this day due to bumping his head on the bomb bay door. 159"
However, a month later, after two more successful missions with a
different crew, Albert was in a plane that caught fire shortly after take-off from an airfield in Surrey, UK, and crashed. There were no survivors. After the war, Albert's mother Irene arranged for his body to be brought back to the USA, and he was re-interred in the cemetery of Anshei Emunah (the Tauroggen 160) Congregration, next to his father, Mitchell, and near his grandfather Louis (after whom he had been named): 161.
With Albert's death, no male Rolnicks were left to carry on Louis Rolnick's family name. Indeed, his death almost terminated the entire line of Rolnick surnames that descended from his great-grandfather Berl Rolnik. We saw that Berl had fourteen children, nine of them sons. All but one of them were blessed only with daughters or had lost sons before these could produce a son. The Rolnick chromosome thus has had to be followed through the sole remaining male-line branch of Berl Rolnik's tree, the descendants of William Rolnick."
157 His father died when Albert was 18, and his mother later re-married.
158 Alvin survived the War. Photographs courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 2008.027.003
59 http://www.91stbombgroup.com/crewphotos/chiefsly3.html
160 i.e. Taurage
161 The US flag and the medallion on the memorial mark this as a service man's grave.
Source:
CHAPTER FOUR
FROM RASEYN TO AMERICA
Part one: Upyna to Chicago
"Rolnick Chromosomes
The Global Dispersion of Rolniks of Lithuania" by Wilfred Stein
p. 152, 156-158
http://rolnicks-of-lithuania.com
2LT Albert Lewis Rolnick
BOMBARDIER 813 BS 482 BG (P)
13070775 / O-732663
Maryland
Age at death 22
b. March 29, 1921, Baltimore, Maryland
r. Baltimore, Maryland
WWII: Registered February 14, 1942.
Enlisted in US Army Air Corps on March 11, 1942.
Awards: Purple Heart & Air Medal w/ 1 Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was first assigned to the 322nd Bomb Squadron in the 91st Bomb Group before being transferred to 813 Bomb Squadron in the 482nd Bomb Group (Pathfinder). Both in the U.S. Eighth Air Force in England. He escaped one fatal crash with 91st BG a month prior due to hitting his head , but tragically the crash on November 10, 1943 killed him, the crew and four British civilian road workers and their horse. A permanent memorial is being planned for the 80th anniversary on November 10, 2023 in Brome near crash site.
Parents: Mitchell Herman Rolnick & Irene (Abel) Caplan
Occupation before war: Clerk, General Office.
Sources: WWII Registration Card, National Jewish Welfare Board Index Card, 91st Bomb Group website, 1930
US Federal Census.
Contributed by: arborvitae (47298569)
Please contact if researching or have photos. Book quotations courtesy of Wilfred Stein.
Biography by Wilfred Stein
Mitchell Rolnick is listed in the 1930 Census as now living with Irene and their son Albert in a row house at 2119 Park Ave Baltimore, "a merchant in rubber goods". (Excerpt from p. 152)
"But Albert Louis Rolnick, the son of Mitchell and Irene 157, did not live long enough to take up a profession. Albert had studied at the Baltimore City College and had been working for the Monroe Upholstering Company when he was drafted into the US Air Corps in March 1942 and trained as a bombardier.
Albert was posted to England where he took part in missions with the 322nd Squadron of the 91st Bomber Group, flying bombers over Germany. He had, at first, some lucky escapes. Jaundice kept him for a few weeks out of an initial posting with a different Flying Fortress squadron. Then followed seven successful missions. A slight injury earned Albert a Purple Heart while on one of them.
He was due to fly with Charles Pinning's crew on the "Chief Sly II" on the 9th October, 1943 (the lower photograph on the next page was taken a few days before. Albert is in the front row, extreme right, Lieut. Pinning on Albert's left was also from Baltimore and a friend of Albert).
But "this crew did not return from the raid on Anklam, Germany .... Their plane was shot down that day and there were no survivors. A. L. Rolnick did not fly as bombardier on this day due to bumping his head on the bomb bay door. 159"
However, a month later, after two more successful missions with a
different crew, Albert was in a plane that caught fire shortly after take-off from an airfield in Surrey, UK, and crashed. There were no survivors. After the war, Albert's mother Irene arranged for his body to be brought back to the USA, and he was re-interred in the cemetery of Anshei Emunah (the Tauroggen 160) Congregration, next to his father, Mitchell, and near his grandfather Louis (after whom he had been named): 161.
With Albert's death, no male Rolnicks were left to carry on Louis Rolnick's family name. Indeed, his death almost terminated the entire line of Rolnick surnames that descended from his great-grandfather Berl Rolnik. We saw that Berl had fourteen children, nine of them sons. All but one of them were blessed only with daughters or had lost sons before these could produce a son. The Rolnick chromosome thus has had to be followed through the sole remaining male-line branch of Berl Rolnik's tree, the descendants of William Rolnick."
157 His father died when Albert was 18, and his mother later re-married.
158 Alvin survived the War. Photographs courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 2008.027.003
59 http://www.91stbombgroup.com/crewphotos/chiefsly3.html
160 i.e. Taurage
161 The US flag and the medallion on the memorial mark this as a service man's grave.
Source:
CHAPTER FOUR
FROM RASEYN TO AMERICA
Part one: Upyna to Chicago
"Rolnick Chromosomes
The Global Dispersion of Rolniks of Lithuania" by Wilfred Stein
p. 152, 156-158
http://rolnicks-of-lithuania.com
BOMBARDIER 813 BS 482 BG (P)
13070775 / O-732663
Maryland
Age at death 22
b. March 29, 1921, Baltimore, Maryland
r. Baltimore, Maryland
WWII: Registered February 14, 1942.
Enlisted in US Army Air Corps on March 11, 1942.
Awards: Purple Heart & Air Medal w/ 1 Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was first assigned to the 322nd Bomb Squadron in the 91st Bomb Group before being transferred to 813 Bomb Squadron in the 482nd Bomb Group (Pathfinder). Both in the U.S. Eighth Air Force in England. He escaped one fatal crash with 91st BG a month prior due to hitting his head , but tragically the crash on November 10, 1943 killed him, the crew and four British civilian road workers and their horse. A permanent memorial is being planned for the 80th anniversary on November 10, 2023 in Brome near crash site.
Parents: Mitchell Herman Rolnick & Irene (Abel) Caplan
Occupation before war: Clerk, General Office.
Sources: WWII Registration Card, National Jewish Welfare Board Index Card, 91st Bomb Group website, 1930
US Federal Census.
Contributed by: arborvitae (47298569)
Please contact if researching or have photos. Book quotations courtesy of Wilfred Stein.
Biography by Wilfred Stein
Mitchell Rolnick is listed in the 1930 Census as now living with Irene and their son Albert in a row house at 2119 Park Ave Baltimore, "a merchant in rubber goods". (Excerpt from p. 152)
"But Albert Louis Rolnick, the son of Mitchell and Irene 157, did not live long enough to take up a profession. Albert had studied at the Baltimore City College and had been working for the Monroe Upholstering Company when he was drafted into the US Air Corps in March 1942 and trained as a bombardier.
Albert was posted to England where he took part in missions with the 322nd Squadron of the 91st Bomber Group, flying bombers over Germany. He had, at first, some lucky escapes. Jaundice kept him for a few weeks out of an initial posting with a different Flying Fortress squadron. Then followed seven successful missions. A slight injury earned Albert a Purple Heart while on one of them.
He was due to fly with Charles Pinning's crew on the "Chief Sly II" on the 9th October, 1943 (the lower photograph on the next page was taken a few days before. Albert is in the front row, extreme right, Lieut. Pinning on Albert's left was also from Baltimore and a friend of Albert).
But "this crew did not return from the raid on Anklam, Germany .... Their plane was shot down that day and there were no survivors. A. L. Rolnick did not fly as bombardier on this day due to bumping his head on the bomb bay door. 159"
However, a month later, after two more successful missions with a
different crew, Albert was in a plane that caught fire shortly after take-off from an airfield in Surrey, UK, and crashed. There were no survivors. After the war, Albert's mother Irene arranged for his body to be brought back to the USA, and he was re-interred in the cemetery of Anshei Emunah (the Tauroggen 160) Congregration, next to his father, Mitchell, and near his grandfather Louis (after whom he had been named): 161.
With Albert's death, no male Rolnicks were left to carry on Louis Rolnick's family name. Indeed, his death almost terminated the entire line of Rolnick surnames that descended from his great-grandfather Berl Rolnik. We saw that Berl had fourteen children, nine of them sons. All but one of them were blessed only with daughters or had lost sons before these could produce a son. The Rolnick chromosome thus has had to be followed through the sole remaining male-line branch of Berl Rolnik's tree, the descendants of William Rolnick."
157 His father died when Albert was 18, and his mother later re-married.
158 Alvin survived the War. Photographs courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 2008.027.003
59 http://www.91stbombgroup.com/crewphotos/chiefsly3.html
160 i.e. Taurage
161 The US flag and the medallion on the memorial mark this as a service man's grave.
Source:
CHAPTER FOUR
FROM RASEYN TO AMERICA
Part one: Upyna to Chicago
"Rolnick Chromosomes
The Global Dispersion of Rolniks of Lithuania" by Wilfred Stein
p. 152, 156-158
http://rolnicks-of-lithuania.com
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