Lt
George J. ROBERTS
Hometown During Time of Service: Fort Scott, KS
Assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group
Location:
Unit: 418th Bombardment Squadron
Rank:
Position: Copilot
Beginning Date of 100th Service: Unknown
Time of Service at Thorpe Abbotts: Unknown - Unknown
Additional 100th Service Notes
Status: CPT
Comments: 22 FEB 45 WEHINGER
Media Articles
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| Media Item | Type | Page | Volume/Issue | Broadcast Source | Time | Description | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Roberts wounded twice | The Buffalo News January 12 1945 | 12:00 am |
Comments and Notes
Memo 1:
CREW
1st Lt Harold S.Bucklew P CPT 6/2/45 CHEMNITZ
2nd Lt George J.Roberts,Jr. CP CPT 22/2/45 DONAUESCHINGEN
2nd Lt Carl H.Roesel NAV CPT 30/3/45 HAMBURG
2nd Lt Robert T.Watt BOM WIA 2/10/44 KASSEL
Cpl John H.Beckner TTE CPT 6/2/45 CHEMNITZ
Cpl John T.Flowers,Jr. ROG CPT 21/1/45 MANNHEIM
Cpl Paul Zakarevich BTG CPT 6/2/45 CHEMNITZ
S/Sgt John W. Disher LWG KIA 18 /3/45 BERLIN (WITH GWIN CREW. See below) sn# 17034210
Sgt Eugene A.McCoy RWG CPT 6/2/45 CHEMNITZ
Sgt Ray Martucci TG CPT 6/2/45 CHEMNITZ
418th Sqdn. Crew,as above, joined the 100th Group on 22/8/44 "Flew SILVER DOLLAR
Watt had eyes injured by plexiglass fragments when flak struck nose of ship. Roesel believes he was returned to USA because of this. Roesel transferred from this crew to lead crew navigator. S/Sgt Disher was removed from crew to reduce to 9 men. He is transferred to the 351st BS where he is put in a spare gunners pool. Somewhere along the line he is trained as a Rad/Nav.
Date Crew Nbr Mission Nbr Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target
9/18/1944 74 197 ZAKAREVICK P. SGT BTG 32090 WARSAW
9/18/1944 74 197 MCCOY E.A. SGT RWG 32090 WARSAW
9/18/1944 74 197 BECKNER J.H. SGT TTE 32090 WARSAW
9/18/1944 74 197 FLOWERS J.T. SGT ROG 32090 WARSAW
9/18/1944 74 197 WILLIAMS E.E. S/SGT TOG 32090 WARSAW
9/18/1944 74 197 ROSSEL C.H. LT NAV 32090 WARSAW
9/18/1944 74 197 ROBERTS G.J. LT CP 32090 WARSAW
9/18/1944 74 197 BUCKLEW H.S. LT P 32090 WARSAW
9/18/1944 74 197 MARTUCCI R. SGT TG 32090 WARSAW
9/19/1944 74 198 BUCKLEW H.S. LT P 32090 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA)
9/19/1944 74 198 ROBERTS G.J. LT CP 32090 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA)
9/19/1944 74 198 ROSSEL C.H. LT NAV 32090 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA)
9/19/1944 74 198 WILLIAMS E.E. S/SGT TOG 32090 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA)
9/19/1944 74 198 FLOWERS J.T. SGT ROG 32090 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA)
9/19/1944 74 198 BECKNER J.H. SGT TTE 32090 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA)
9/19/1944 74 198 ZAKAREVICK P. SGT BTG 32090 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA)
9/19/1944 74 198 MCCOY E.A. SGT RWG 32090 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA)
9/19/1944 74 198 MARTUCCI R. SGT TG 32090 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA)
Date Crew Nbr Mission Nbr Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target
9/25/1944 02 199 MARTUCCI R. SGT TG 32090 LUDWIGSHAVEN
9/25/1944 02 199 MCCOY E.A. SGT RWG 32090 LUDWIGSHAVEN
9/25/1944 02 199 ZAKAREVICK P. SGT BTG 32090 LUDWIGSHAVEN
9/25/1944 02 199 BECKNER J.H. SGT TTE 32090 LUDWIGSHAVEN
9/25/1944 02 199 FLOWERS J.T. SGT ROG 32090 LUDWIGSHAVEN
9/25/1944 02 199 WILLIAMS E.E. S/SGT TOG 32090 LUDWIGSHAVEN
9/25/1944 02 199 ROSSEL C.H. LT NAV 32090 LUDWIGSHAVEN
9/25/1944 02 199 ROBERTS G.J. LT CP 32090 LUDWIGSHAVEN
9/25/1944 02 199 BUCKLEW H.S. LT P 32090 LUDWIGSHAVEN
MISSIONS OF LT ROBERTS WITH LT BUCKLEW CREW
Date Crew Nbr Mission Nbr Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target
9/18/1944 74 197 ROBERTS G.J. LT CP 32090 WARSAW
9/19/1944 74 198 ROBERTS G.J. LT CP 32090 SZOLNOK (FROM RUSSIA)
9/25/1944 02 199 ROBERTS G.J. LT CP 32090 LUDWIGSHAVEN
CREW
CAPT. JOHN FABIAN, JR P CPT 10 JAN 45 COLOGNE
F/O FORREST A. HOUDYSCHELL CP NOC REPLACED ON CREW AFTER 12 MSSIONS
2ND LT ERIC M. CAMPBELL NAV CPT 10 JAN 45 COLOGNE
2ND LT WILLIAM A. SHANNON BOM CPT 10 JAN 45 COLOGNE
S/SGT WILLARD C. MANN ROG CPT 10 JAN 45 COLOGNE
S/SGT JOHN HOSSO, JR. TTE CPT 10 JAN 45 COLOGNE
SGT LLOYD K. LAMB BTG CPT 10 JAN 45 COLOGNE
SGT LEVI J. MORSE WG CPT 10 JAN 45 COLOGNE
SGT ALEX R. RAU WG CPT 10 JAN 45 COLOGNE
SGT JOHN R. CALLAHAN TG NOC (REMOVED WHEN CREWS WERE REDUCED TO NINE MEN)
418TH SQDN.. Crew, as above, joined the 100th on 02 Aug 1944.
After 12 Missions F/O Forrest A. Houdyschell was replaced on the Crew by Capt. George J. Roberts from the Crew of Lt Bucklew.
No further info on Lt Houdyschell after this point.
Missions of T/Sgt John Hosso Jr sn# 35412792 (mpf 2002)
1. 26/8/44 BREST
2. 27/8/44 BERLIN
3. 30/8/44 BREMEN
4. 1/9/44 MAINZ
5. 3/9/44 CROZON/BREST
6. 5/9/44 STUTTGART
7. 10/9/44 NURNBURG
8. 11/9/44 RUHLAND
9. 12/9/44 MAGDEBURG
10. 25/9/44 LUDWIGSHAVEN
11. 26/9/44 BREMEN
12. 28/9/44 MERSEBURG
13. 2/10/44 KASSEL
14. 3/10/44 NURNBURG
15. 5/10/44 HANDORF
16. 6/10/44 BERLIN
17. 7/10/44 BOHLEN
18. 15/10/44 COLOGNE
19. 26/10/44 HANOVER
20. 30/10/44 MERSEBURG
21. 2/11/44 MERSEBURG
22. 5/11/44 LUDWIGSHAVEN
23. 16/11/44 LANGERWEKE/AACHEN
24. 21/11/44 OSNABRUCK
25. 26/11/44 HAMM
26. 2/12/44 KOBLENZ
27. 4/12/44 FRIEDBURG
28. 5/12/44 BERLIN
29. 24/12/44 BIBLIS
30. 27/12/44 FULDA
31. 1/3/45 FULDA
32. 5/1/45 FRANKFURT
33. 6/1/45 ANNWEILER
34. 7/1/45 COLOGNE
35. 10/1/45 COLOGNE
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Mission Diary of Lt Eric Campbell
1st Mission to Brest, France
Aug 26, 1944 -- Easy No Flak
2nd Mission Recall from
Berlin - Weather
Aug 27, 1944
3rd Mission Bremen
First Flak - Rough
Aug 30, 1944
4th Mission Recall From Mainz
Weather Sept 1, 1944
5th Mission - Brest, France
Sept 3, 1944 - Easy - No Flak
6th Mission Stuttgart
Accurate Flak Rough
Sept 5, 1944
7th Mission - Sept 10, 1944
Nurnberg Flak Rough
7th Mission - Sept 10, 1944
100 Flak Holes Dam Rough
(NOTE: this is a second entry for Mission #7 -- no destination is listed with this entry. The X on the map is on the Rhein between Koblenz and Mannheim, west of Nurnberg, the destination in the other 7th Mission entry. Perhaps this is where the heavy flak came from.)
8th Mission Sept 11, 1944
Ruhland
Flak + Fighters
Very Dam Rough
9th Mission Sept 12, 1944
Flak - Loose two engines
Crash Land Belgium - Dam Rough
Leipzig
10th Mission Sept 25, 1944
Close Flak Rough
Ludwigshafen
11th Mission Bremen Sept. 26, 1944
Close Flak - Rough
12th Mission Merseberg
Sept. 28, 1944 Flak And
Fighters Dam Rough
13th Mission Kassel Oct. 2, 1944
Flak - Not Close Easy
14th Mission Koblenz Oct 3, 1944
Loose one engine Flak Rough
15th Mission Lingen Oct 5, 1944
Lead Navigator Lost Easy
16th Mission Berlin Oct. 6, 1944
Flak + Fighters Rough
17th Mission Leipzig Oct. 7, 1944
Flak - Loose one gas tank - rough
18th Mission Koln Oct. 15, 1944
Run Away Engine Crash Land Belgium Rough
19th Mission Hannover Oct. 26, 1944
Light Flak Easy
20th Mission Recall
Merseburg Weather
Oct 30, 1944
21st Mission Merseberg
Nov 2, 1944 Heavy Flak
+ Fighters Dam Rough
22nd Mission Ludwigshafen
Nov 5, 1944 Close Flak - Rough
23rd Mission Aachen
Nov 16, Flak Easy
24th Mission Osnabruck Nov 21, 1944
Light Flak Easy
25th Mission Hamm Nov. 26, 1944
Light Flak Easy
26th Mission Recall Koblenz
Weather Dec 2, 1944
27th Mission Friedburg Dec 4, 1944
Easy No Flak
28th Mission Berlin Dec. 5, 1944
Flak + Fighters Rough
29th Mission Fulda Dec 27, 1944
No Flak Easy
30th Mission Frankfurt Dec 29, 1944
Heavy Flak Rough
31st Mission Fulda Jan 3, 1945
No Flak Easy
32nd Mission Frankfurt Jan 5, 1945
Heavy Flak Rough
33rd Mission Stuttgart Jan. 6 1945
Heavy Flak Rough
34th Mission Koln Jan. 7, 1945
Light Flak Easy
35th Mission Dusseldorf Jan. 10, 1945
Heavy Flak Very Rough
Photos
Capt John Fabian Crew
Capt John Fabian Crew (left to right) Kneeling: Eric M. Campbell, Lloyd K. Lamb and Willard C. Mann. In jeep; William A. Shannon Standing: George J. Roberts, John Fabin, Jr., John Hosso, Jr., Levi J. Morse and Alex R. Rau
Crew List
1st Crew List
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| Rank | Name | Pos | Status |
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| LT | BUCKLEW, Harold S. | P | CPT |
| Lt | ROBERTS, George J. | CP | CPT |
| Capt | ROESEL, Carl H. | NAV | CPT |
| LT | WATT, Robert T. | BOM | WIA |
| S/SGT | BECKNER, John H. | TTE | CPT |
| T/SGT | FLOWERS, John T. | ROG | CPT |
| S/SGT | ZAKAREVICH, Paul | BTG | CPT |
| S/Sgt | DISHER, John W. | WG | KIA |
| S/SGT | MCCOY, Eugene A. | WG | CPT |
| S/SGT | MARTUCCI, Ray | TG | CPT |
