Robert Stephen Higgins
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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FRE 5135
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17G #42-107058 'White Angel' 24 April 1944, Mission #315 to Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
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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: 335th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18170651
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-815555
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-754335
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: White Angel
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Lansing, MI, USA | 28 July 1942 | Private, Air Corps |
Other Killed in action |
24 April 1944 | ||
Buried |
Michigan | Burial: Rosehill Cemetery Eaton Rapids Eaton County Michigan, USA Plot: Section R - Lot 33 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Sources
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 646, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…