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T SG Walter J. Roth

  • Branch: Army
  • Hometown/City: , AL
  • Date of Birth: 11-24-1914
  • Date of Death: 09-16-1943
  • Conflict: WWII
  • Unit: 550th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy
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  • Roth walter

    T SG Walter Roth was the top turret gunner aboard the B-17 Flying Fortress "Mary Ellen II" when it crashed after a mid-air collision above Rickinghall, Suffolk.

    Courtesy of Rocky River Public Library (Cuyahoga Cnty, OH), WWII Newspaper Collection. Findagrave.com,
  • Roth walter grave

    Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
    Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

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  • Mary ellen ii

    Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Kearney 12/7/43; Dow Field 16/7/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Great Ashfield 21/7/43; detailed Bordeaux 16/9/43 with John Schley, Co-pilot: John Baum, Navigator: John Ellingsen, Bombardier: Earl Bates, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walter Roth, Radio Operator: John Egbert, Ball turret gunner: Willard White, Waist gunner: Chester Truex, Waist gunner: Harry Waldner,Tail gunner: Clyde Gingerich (10 Killed in Service); crashed on take off Abbotts Hall, Rickinghall Superior, Sfk; UK. after slight mid-air collision with 42-30120 (95BG); Salvaged 19/9/43. Missing Air Crew Report 15317. MARY ELLEN II. Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

    IMAGE COURTESY OF: "42-30601 MARY ELLEN II." AMERICAN AIR MUSEUM, HTTPS://WWW.AMERICANAIRMUSEUM.COM/ARCHIVE/AIRCRAFT/42-30601,
  • Air medal

    T Sergeant Walter Roth was awarded the Air Medal.

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  • Purple heart

    T Sergeant Roth was awarded the Purple Heart.

    Unknown,