ROBERTS, Truman F
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ROBERTS, Truman F
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| Servicenumber: |
38451074 |
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| Age: |
Not available |
| Born: |
Not available |
| Hometown: |
Independence County, Arkansas |
| Family: |
Jacqueline A. Roberts (Wife) |
| Rank: |
Staff Sergeant |
| Function: |
Left Waist Gunner |
| Regiment: |
- |
| Battalion: |
- |
| Division – Transport: |
2nd Air Division |
| Company – Squadron: |
576th Bomber Squadron |
| Unit – Group: |
392nd Bomber Group Heavy |
Plane data:
(Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) |
Serialnumber: 42-99976
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Pocatello Chief
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
MACR: 3184 |
| Date of death: |
15 March 1944 |
| Status: |
KIA |
| Place of death: |
Riddinghausen-Ennepo District Ruhr, Germany |
| Spot: |
Not available |
| Awards: |
Purple Heart |
| Gravenumber: |
Plot D, Row 27, Grave 8 |
| Cemetery: |
American War Cemetery Ardennes |
| Biography: |
- |
| Other information: |
Eyewitness records from returning 392nd crews stated this aircraft had peeled off after the bomb run with bomb bay doors open and falling behind at 1118 hours. The ship was last seen at 1128 hours at position 51-51 N, 10-20 E, apparently under control with no parachutes having been observed. German report, #KU1195 recorded the finding of this crashed aircraft and all 10 crewmembers who had perished. Time of downing was listed as 1215 hours on this mission date, at a location given as Riddinghausen-Ennepo District Ruhr. An enemy fighter was given as the cause of the plane´s crash.
Truman Roberts was buried at Grave #155 in the Cemetery for POW´s in Dortmund. |
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers, www.B24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov
Photo source: Jac Engels
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