Name:
John Lee Roever
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
16071848
Unit:
338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-02-06
State:
Wisconsin
Cemetery:
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota
Plot:
C Blk
Row:
Grave:
13607
Decoration:
Comments:
Technical Sergeant John Lee Roever, mechanic of the B-17 Fortress G-75-BO - 42-38015, took off from station 138 in Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, for Romilly-sur-Seine. Above the town of Pisseleux, a mile from Villers-Cotterets, the bomber was shot down by Lt Willius Karl’s Fw190 fighter at 1043, on February 6th, 1944.