Robert Elmer Nagel
Military
Object Number - UPL 64529 - 2nd Lt Robert E. Nagel
Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Crashed, exploded and burned 5-Jan-45 in assembly ship B-24 44-40165 'Rage in Heaven' near Swaffham after taking off in a snowstorm to lead the assembly of the group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-463894
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rage In Heaven
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Kenton County, KY | 5 May 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN | 26 February 1943 | Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana |
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Died |
Swaffham, UK | 5 January 1945 | Crashed, exploded and burned in assembly ship B-24 44-40165 'Rage in Heaven' near Swaffham Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
6 January 1945 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot D Row 5 Grave 101 | |
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Based |
North Pickenham | 5 January 1945 | Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
