Robert C Gilg
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 44222
Capt Robert Charles Gilg, Bombardier on B17G 42-38119 452nd Bomb Group. Their plane was hit over Guernsey Island. Ditched in the North Sea. Rescue boats were dispatched. No crew were ever found. Presumed drowned.
Removed association to the aircraft which is not depicted in the image. Aircraft association made in PERSON record.
Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944
DFC/ AM
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
New Cumberland, PA, USA | 24 October 1941 | |
Other Missing in action |
3 September 1944 | A/c was hit over Guernsey Island. Ditched in the North Sea. Rescue boats were dispatched. No crew were ever found. Presumed drowned. | |
Born |
Pennsylvania | ||
Buried |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Chris Brassfield
452nd BG History Book;
Removed association to the aircraft which is not depicted in the image. Aircraft association made in PERSON record.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
ABMC, MACR 8609 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia