Parsons, Roland Westley

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Parsons, Roland Westley ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	13127588 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #136 dated 5 November 1943, effective 5 November 1943. Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #8 , effective 12 January 1944.
Duty	Flexible Gunner / Radio Operator / Gunner
MOS	757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
Last Duty Date	30 January 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 2 August 1920 Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #154 dated 26 November 1943 (as ROLAND L PARSONS). Middle initial was amended to W on SSO #155 dated 28 November 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 2265⇓ (3.243 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Holland, John Benjamin⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Procopio, Frank Adolph⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. East, Charles Thomas⇗	Navigator	KIA
2nd Lt. Witt, Thomas Gerald⇗	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Lazarz, Walter John⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Winfree, James Hillard⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Lisenby, Lennon Cleveland⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Britt, Julian Austin⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Newman, Angus Lee⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. Parsons, Roland Westley	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 4 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
52⇗	11 January 1944	Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3087⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Radio Operator	42‑37792⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑37727⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑37727⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low group. Seen going down before bombs away due to enemy aircraft attacks; crashed between Beber and Eimbeckhausen, Germany. Casualties buried in Bad Münder. MACR 2265 Sortie Report⇗

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