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Personal info

Full name
MORRIS, Roy Quentin
Date of birth
16 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Rush Springs, Grady County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Rush Springs, Grady County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
O-813413
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
763rd Bombardment Squadron,
460th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 July 1944
Place of death
Unterdill, south of Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 39 23

Immediate family

Members
Marian C. Morris (father)
Nattie Morris (mother)
Christine Morris (sister)
Charlie Morris (brother)
Virginia A. (Baker) Morris (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-99763
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Flying Junior
Destination: Munich, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 6917

More information

Roy Q. Morris attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 17 December 1941.

When the formation cleared the target area, the airplane was hit by flak, resulting in blowing off the nose and causing considerable damage to the bombay section. A few seconds later fire broke out in the bomb bay.
Three crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight men were killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com – The Ada Weekly News Oklahoma 3 August 1944, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Jul.44.html
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