Robert P Steffen
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 450BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) repeat raid to power station at Ijmuiden, Holland in B26 41-18086 'Draggin Lady'. Hit by flak on return ditched in North sea, co-pilot ejected from cockpit and sole survivor. Killed in Action (KIA). 17-May-43. MACR 15129.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379976.jpg.webp?itok=h9RDoVED)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20433498 / O-791700
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Draggin lady
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 17 April 1941 | |
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Died |
Haarlem, Netherlands | 17 May 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) repeat raid to power station at Ijmuiden, Holland in B26 41-18086 'Draggin Lady'. Hit by flak on return ditched in North sea, co-pilot ejected from cockpit and sole survivor. Killed in Action (KIA). 17-May-43. MACR 15129. |
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Buried |
Bergen, Netherlands | 14 June 1943 | Interred Bergen, Holland. Washed ashore 13-Jun-43 Hargen. |
| Menasha, WI, USA | |||
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Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Based |
Andrews Field | 17 May 1943 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Born |
Calumet County, WI, USA | Son of Anton and Ida [Zuelke] Steffen. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/page/529854759_robert_p%20steffen/details/
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https://www.fold3.com/image/63598141
http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/771.html
http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/fr/american-war-cemeter…
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56361067
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 126, MACR 15129, ABMC