Robert Earl Nance Jr
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Captain Robert Nance was Bombardier on B-17 #42-97564, shot down by Flak on 20 July 1944. The Fortress force-landed between Chaam and Baarle-Hertog, South of Tilburg, The Netherlands. Evaded (EVD). Nance was helped by Dutch and Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. See the story of his evasion at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fnancere.html
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39549755
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32374784 at enlistment, then O-682835
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 350th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1699243
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14098691 at enlistment, then O-809589
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator, Radar, Radar Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-409811
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
21 January 1918 | Altamont, Illinois | |
Enlisted |
2 July 1940 | as a Private in the Air Corps in Chicago, Illinois | |
Other force-landed |
20 July 1944 | in B-17 42-97564 near Chaam, The Netherlands | |
Other evaded capture |
20 July 1944 - 4 September 1944 | with the help of Dutch and Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. He was in Brussels when the city was liberated on 3 September 1944 by British troops and came in contact with one of their units the following day. | |
Died |
12 September 2010 | Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California, USA | |
Kankakee, Illinois | |||
Buried |
hncinerated, his remains are kept at the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Livermore, California, USA. |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 7414
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1844
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001 MACR 7414 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database