Robert Alfred Swanson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries
Object Number - UPL 45427 - 2nd Lt Robert A Swanson, 508BS, 351BG
Assigned to 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen in B-17 43-38139. Crashed near Vierheim Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8452
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Princeton, MN | 27 January 1922 | Son of Fred Julius and Anna [Larson] Swanson. |
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Died |
Vierheim, Germany | 5 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen in B-17 43-38139. KIA MACR 8452 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Polebrook | 5 September 1944 | Assigned to 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Pilot training |
Curtis Field, Brady, TX | Advanced flight training: Curtis Field, Brady, Texas | |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 28 Grave 28 |
Revisions
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Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8452 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
