Robert Arthur Gum
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 16166
2LT Robert A. Gum
Co-Pilot
Donald G. Griffin Crew
KIA - 23 March 1944
466th BG - 785th bS
Co-Pilot
Donald G. Griffin Crew
KIA - 23 March 1944
466th BG - 785th bS
466th BG Historian
B-24H #41-29466 'Dark Rhapsody' crashed into Lake Belterwijde, Holland after colliding with another aircraft on a mission to Achmer airfield, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437329
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dark Rhapsody
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
8064 Zwartsluis, Netherlands | 26 March 1944 | Zwartsluis Cemetery Grave C 12 |
Born |
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Buried |
Plot M Row 12 Grave 10 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Vollenhove, Netherlands | 23 March 1944 | KIA when his a/c collided with another 466th BG aircraft over Holland. All on board were KIA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3456 / MACR 3456, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database