Roy W Tillinghast
Era | WWII |
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Branch | U.S. Army Air Force |
Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Wall | C |
Wall Side | 1 |
Row | 7 |
Plaque Number | 8 |
MEDALS-RIBBONS: Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster, Aerial Gunner, Prisoner of War, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign w/2 Stars, American Theater, World War II Victory
A right waist gunner on his 10th mission, (Ploiesti Oil Fields) his B-17 was shot down, parachuted, 2/17/44. POW camp "Kiefheide" Stalag Luft 4, Germany, liberated 4/29/45.
"Kiefheide" Stalag Luft 4
B-17 Flying Fortress