Robert Peter Gilroy
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 44595 - S/Sgt Robert Peter Gilroy, 384BG
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Max Levine crew. 13 x combat missions. Shot down in in B-17 'Hot After It' 44-6149; crashed near Mayen on 11-Oct-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9478
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-2352 / O-556091
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Clovis, Ohio, USA | 15 September 1918 | Son of Frank and Mary G Gilroy. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Des Moines, IA | 27 March 1942 | Fort Des Moines, Iowa |
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Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 11 August 1944 | Promoted to Staff Sergeant. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Mayen, Germany | 11 October 1944 | Shot down in in B-17 'Hot After It' 44-6149; crashed near Mayen on 11-Oct-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9478 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 11 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Lost Nation, IA | 16 January 1998 | |
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Buried |
Sacred Heart Cemetery, Lost Nation, Clinton County, IA | 19 January 1998 | Sacred Heart Cemetery Lost Nation, Clinton County, Iowa |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Grafton Underwood | 11 October 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28716857
https://www.fold3.com/image/157746132
https://www.fold3.com/record/84605199-robert-p-gilroy
https://www.fold3.com/record/63714047-robert-p-gilroy
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5633
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147700277/robert-p_-gilroy
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9478 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
