Royce Heath is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
B-17 'Why Worry II' (42-102572) Memorial -452nd Bomber Group
Born 30 April 1924
From Santa-Ana, California
Radio Operator of the B-17 Flying Fortress 42-102572 9ZN "Why Worry II" that took off from Station 142 Deopham Green in Norfolk, UK, on May 27, 1944 on a mission to bomb Strasbourg, France. The plane was hit by flak and was forced to do a belly landing in a field 1 km NE of Avoudrey, France, as it was lost and short of fuel. The entire crew survived the landing at 1320 in the afternoon. PVT Heath escaped imprisonment through evasion to Switzerland.
Later married to Bernice Imogene Heath
He died in Dallas, Texas
