Robert G Ames

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot 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

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

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

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

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.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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