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LITTLE, Roy H - Date of
birth
8 September 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Foley, Benton County, Minnesota -
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16134339 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
350th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
31 December 1944 - Place of
death
Horumersiel, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Clarence Little (father)
Hilda C. (Thell) Little (mother)
Richard A. Little (brother)
Lola Little (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31987 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: The Little Skipper
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Rheunania Ossag oil refinery
MACR: 11550
More information
S/Sgt Roy H. Little was a mechanic.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 4 November 1942.
The airplane pancaked together with another B-17 (43-38457). They circled and crash landed still attached to each other. There was no fire from the planes with in the air or on the ground although there was some smoke.
Six crew members were taken prisoner, three were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Richard Hehn (cousin), www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Richard Hehn, 100 BG Association via Arie-Jan van Hees