Robert S Dickson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 13 January 1943 in B-17F #41-24601 while serving as Right Waist Gunner. Aircraft took a direct flak hit at Lille France. Crashed in meadow near Lo, Belgium. Killed in Action (KIA).

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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 365th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

San Diego, California 27 September 1923

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Killed in Action (KIA)

9920 Lo, Belgium 13 January 1943 Killed when aircraft sustained a direct hit from flak over the target at Lille, France and crashed near Lo, Belgium.

Buried

The American Battle Monuments Commission has no listing that this airman is interred, or commemorated on a Wall of the Missing at any American cemetery in Europe. It is possible that his remains may have been repatriated to the United States after the war, or perhaps never recovered.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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Gravestone at Oakdale Memorial Park, Glendora California. Photo courtesy Russ Pickett.

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Find-a-Grave photo. Census, birth and family records for date of birth and locations.

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From photographs of the metals held by family.

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Lee Cunningham 6-Feb-2015. Added SN and KIA detail per MACR 15639; Edited Biography with crew position and loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE, Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data. Added Burial event explanation.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15639 / MACR 15639, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 63 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database