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Assigned 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing raid on the Eller railroad bridge, Germany went missing after attacks by enemy fighters, last seen with one engine on fire. Prisoner of War (POW). 23-Dec-44. MACR 11487.
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bomber pilot | 397th Bomb Group
Assigned 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing raid on the Eller railroad bridge, Germany went missing after attacks by enemy fighters, last seen with one engine on fire. Killed in Action (KIA). 23-Dec-44. MACR 11487.
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B-26 Marauder
Assigned 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. 64 x combat missions flown. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing raid on the Eller railroad bridge, Germany went missing after attacks by enemy fighters, last seen with one engine on fire. 1 x POW, 5 x KIA. 23-Dec-44. MACR...
23 December 1944
Military site : airfield
Originally allocated to the Eighth Air Force as a heavy bomber base, Rivenhall was built during 1943-44 but transferred to the Ninth Air Force before construction was complete. It had three concrete runways, 51 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2...
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| Born | Virginia, IL 62691, USA | 18 October 1922 |
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Son of Carl and Gertrude [Turner] Altman. |
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| Lived in | Sangamon County, IL, USA | 1941 |
| Enlisted | Peoria, IL, USA | 10 November 1942 |
| Based | Rivenhall | 1944 – 23 December 1944 |
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Assigned 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Shot down | 54531 Eckfeld, Germany | 23 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) bombing raid on the Eller railroad bridge, Germany went missing after attacks by enemy fighters, last seen with one engine on fire. POW. 23-Dec-44. MACR 11487. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Barth, Germany | 23 December 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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| Buried | Pleasant Plains, IL 62677, USA | November 2010 |
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Pleasant Plains Cemetery |
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| Died | Springfield, IL, USA | 23 November 2010 |
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| 05 February 2017 19:40:22 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/page/283628240_robert_g%20altman/details/ |
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