Robert Orin Crall

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-47011.jpeg UPL 47011 2nd Lt Robert O Crall, 735BS, 453BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 47011 - 2nd Lt Robert O Crall, 735BS, 453BG

Assigned to 735BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hamm 22-Apr-44 in B-24 42-64490 'Cee Gee II'; intercepted by enemy aircraft over Channel, hit in port engine and wing (with wing fuel tank afire), with hydraulics and comm's out pilot and co-pilot stayed with A/C to allow crew to bale out. A/C crashed in marshland near Southwold, England. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4781



Awards: SS, PH, EAME.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

People

James Stanley Munsey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-686583
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-64490

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Cee gee ii
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Richland, OH 2 October 1919 Son of William Orrie and Elma Crall.

Enlisted

Fort Hayes Columbus, OH 24 March 1942 Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio

Died

Southwold, England 22 April 1944

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO 11 May 1949 Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Old Buckenham 22 April 1944 Assigned to 735BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4781 / MACR 4781; In Search of Peace, pg 126-133 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Robert Orin Crall: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 47011 - 2nd Lt Robert O Crall, 735BS, 453BG

Object number: UPL 47014 - Jim Munsey crew 453BG