Roscoe Crowder This is Me

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1. 1. SCANNER VOL XXI  NO.3

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   Published on: 8/3/2000   Last Visited: 1/23/2008

   We got another doozy from ROSCOE CROWDER.
   
   ROSCOE grew up in the small town of Mexico, Missouri. After graduating from high school, he served in the Missouri Army National Guard. While in the Guard he attended the US army Signal School at Fort Gordon, Georgia from June to December, 1951. He joined the US Air Force on 1 March 1952.
   
   He received basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas then went into Aviation Cadet training in December 1952. Aviation Cadet training was accomplished at Harlington AFB, Texas and Mather AFB, Calif.
   
   He received his commission in October 1953 and his Aircraft Observer Bombardier wings in March 1954. At that time he was assigned to the 492nd Bomb Sqdn, 7th Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Texas.
   
   He was assigned to Major BILL HAGEN'S B-36 crew as third observer. After about 18 months on this crew he was assigned to Capt JACK CARDWELL's crew as Radar Navigator. He remained with this crew as the squadron transitioned from B-36 to B-52 aircraft in 1958. In 1959 he went with the 492nd Bomb Squadron as they transferred to Columbus AFB, Miss. There he remained on the crew until 1969 when he was assigned to the Wing Nav section of the 4258th Strat Wing at Utapao Royal Thai AFB, Thailand.
   
   In 1970 he was assigned to Hqs, Strategic Air Command, Directorate Command Control as Chief of the Post Attack Command Control System (PACCS) Airborne Data Automation (ADA) Project.