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Heath Royce

Name:
Royce Heath
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
39538369
Unit:
452nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
2004-05-09
State:
California
Cemetery:
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas,
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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