Robert Arthur Gallup
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 56633 - Capt Robert A. Gallup, 445BG.
Assigned to 700BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down over Munich on 23rd mission 11-Jul-44 in B-24 42-7571 'Lillian Ann II'. Landed in Switzerland, Interned (INT).
Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34606521
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12208666
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Grundy, IL | 3 May 1923 | |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 11 July 1944 | Shot down over Munich on 23rd mission 11-Jul-44 in B-24 42-7571 'Lillian Ann II'. Landed in Switzerland, Interned (INT). |
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Died |
Hot Springs, AR | 17 April 2016 | |
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Buried |
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, IL | 20 April 2016 | Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, Illinois |
| Verona, IL | |||
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Based |
Tibenham | 11 June 1944 | Assigned to 700BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 6943 & Page 272 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition