Robert Leslie Clausen

Military
media-57139.jpeg UPL 57139 Robert Clausen

Photo is from HonorStates.org under his name.

Object Number - UPL 57139 - Robert Clausen

Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17 42-29806

21-May-43; A/C crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16018





Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Floyd Junior Fields

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-433367
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-29806

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Omaha, NE 15 December 1918 Son of Bertel N. and Daisy E. [Philips] Clausen.

Died

North Sea 21 May 1943

Based

Thurleigh 21 May 1943 Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/310762417
https://www.fold3.com/image/623968810
https://www.fold3.com/record/529872581/robert-l-clausen-american-battle…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56297629/robert-leslie-clausen

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16018

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