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Personal info

Full name
ROSZKOWSKI, Edward
Date of birth
27 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Royalton, Franklin County, Illinois
Hometown
Trenton, Clinton County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16054228
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Assistant Radio Operator/Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
338th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Oestrich-Winkel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 23 27

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Roszkowski (father)
Anna (Chrostowski) Roszkowski (mother)
Josephine A. Roszkowski (sister)
Mary Roszkowski (sister)
Helen A. Roszkowski (sister)
Ann P. Roszkowski (sister)
Joseph Roszkowski (brother)
Anthony J. Roszkowski (brother)
Loretta L. Roszkowski (sister)
Wanda A. Roszkowski (sister)
Herman J. Roszkowski (brother)
Stanley J. Roszkowski (brother)
Florence I. Roszkowski (sister)
Henrietta L. Roszkowski (sister)
Charlotte E. Roszkowski (sister)
Vera I. (Rieger) Roszkowski (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102531
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Tangerine II
Destination: Wiesbaden, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the airfield of Erbenheim
MACR: 10358

More information

Sgt Edward Roszkowski was a salesman before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Peoria, Illinois on 25 February 1942.

He married his wife in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois on 4 December 1943.

Both his parents were born in Poland.

He is remembered at the Saint Aloysius Cemetery in Royalton, Franklin County, Illinois.

The aircraft was hit by flak, approximately one minute before bombs away. It immediately broke in two at the ball turret.

Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, seven were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - family trees, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - CABW, SusanQ