Robert Danby Muir
Military
Standing, from left to right : Navigator Lt. Richard Manning (replaced by Lt David G. Prosser on the fateful 3 September 1943 mission); Co-Pilot Lt. Sebron A. McQueen; Pilot Lt. Ralph Bruce and Bombardier Lt. Bertram R. Theiss.
In front, from left to right : Left Waist Gunner S/Sgt Robert D. Muir, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner T/Sgt Etheridge Lamm (killed on the Hannover mission on 26 July 1943), Tail Gunner T/Sgt Simeon K. McGuire, T/Sgt Hedley E. Cassidy (replacing Etheridge Lamm as Engineer), Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. George J. "Shorty" Caldon (sick before the 3 September 1943 mission, he was replaced by 1943 par Milton Seldin, not pictured). Radio Operator T/Sgt Mike Fleszar.
Caldon will be made a POW after the loss of B-17 42-30726 on the Schweinfurt raid of 10 October 1943),
(Crew photo via the Theiss family)
Connected People (Caldon and Lamm) to UPL 41064
Object Number - UPL 41064 - Photo of the original Ralph Bruce crew, Grand Island, Nebraska, 24 June 1943, right before their departure for England. Standing, from left to...
Robert Muir was Left Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-29725 "Hi-Lo Jack", shot down over France on the 3 September 1943 mission to Romilly-Sur-Seine (Paris). Robert managed to evade capture with the help of many French citizens and members of the Résistance, including Belgians of the "Comète" evasion network. Hidden in various places in France, he was guided to the South and crossed the Pyrénées mountains into Spain on 24 October. He ended up in Gibraltar on 10 November and was flown from there on the 19th, arriving back in England on 20 November 1943. See the full story of his evasion at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fmuirrd.html
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735040
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16092258
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33391867
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hi-Lo Jack
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
14 July 1921 | New York State | |
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Enlisted |
16 July 1942 | Rochester, Monroe County, New York | |
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Other Bailed out |
3 September 1943 | of B-17 "Hi-Lo Jack" 42-29725, over France | |
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Other Landed in parachute |
3 September 1943 | near Saint-Supplets, NW of Meaux, France | |
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Other Evaded capture |
3 September 1943 - 19 November 1943 | helped by French citizens and members of the Resistance, including Belgians, active in the Belgian evasion network "Comète" | |
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Died |
18 May 2006 | Webster, Monroe County, New York | |
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Born |
Rochester, Monroe County, New York | ||
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Buried |
Robert Muir rests at the Webster Union Cemetery in Webster, Monroe County, New York |
Revisions
MACR
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 217
Research for his page at www.evasioncomete.org
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 659 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database