Robert G Ames
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 27 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24637 while serving as Tail Gunner. The aircraft was attacked by fighters on approach to the target Wilhelmshaven, Germany. the aircraft crashed at Tossens, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).
Purple Heart, Air Medal
Connections
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hempstead County, Arkansas , USA | ||
Buried |
Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot D, Row 20, Grave 13. | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Tossens, 26969 Butjadingen, Germany | 27 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by fighters and crashed near Tossens, Germany. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added SN per MACR 15501; Added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15501 / MACR 15501, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 67by Bishop and Hey , WWII Memorial web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database