VANDERHOOK R V - 410 BS 94 BG

Rolland V VANDERHOOK

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

O-793203 (17031282)

AGE

23 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

1920

STATE

Gage County NEBRASKA

FAMILY

Single

RANK

2^nd Lieutenant

FONCTION

CoPilot

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

Bookkeepers and cashiers, except bank cashiers

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

3 september 1941 Fort Crook NEBRASKA

SQUADRON

410^th Bomb Squadron

GROUP

94^th Bomb Group

ARMY

8^th Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

29 may 1943

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Lieu-dit "Les Frais" - Hameau de la Poterie - Cne Les Champs-Géraux

DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-55-BO - s/n 42-29476 GL*M
"Snafu"
Mission: Rennes (35) maritime warehouses
Take-off: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk UK
Shot by hunters (The plane goes into standby mode, preventing men to parachute - Only the Mitg ejected with his parachute)

CEMETERY

BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY from St James

Map Brittany American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
O	4	9

DECORATION

Purple Heart

Crew B-17 Fortress - type F-55-BO - s/n 42-29476 GLM "Snafu"*
1^st Lieutenant	Max L HECOX	Pilot	USAAF	Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James
2^nd Lieutenant	Rolland V VANDERHOOK	CoPilot	USAAF	Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James
2^nd Lieutenant	Charles B "Chuck" HARRISON	Navigator	USAAF	Dead- Cim Nat de Long Island USA
1^st Lieutenant	Ronald G "Ronnie" Mc COY	Bomber	USAAF	Dead - Pennsylvania USA
S/Sergeant	Harry Delbert "Dibby" SYMMONDS	Gunner	USAAF	Dead
S/Sergeant	George T COATES	Radio	USAAF	Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James
S/Sergeant	Fred G SNELL	Gunner	USAAF	Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James
S/Sergeant	Eugene "Gene" Mc COY	Gunner	USAAF	Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James
Sergeant	Joseph G TASHJIAN	Gunner	USAAF	Dead - New York Cem USA
T/Sergeant	Herman PHILBECK	Gunner	USAAF	Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
Major	Randolph C BARTHOLD	Observator	USAAF	Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James