Robert W Monroe
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 5494
This photograph was taken soon after they'd arrived in the UK. They started flying missions the next day.
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Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #427510 'El Lobo. ' Plane crashed in wooded area outside of Dinklage, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: El Lobo
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 2101st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
29 April 1944 | ||
Born |
Jewell, Kansas, USA | ||
Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 29 April 1944 |
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 4461 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4461 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database