Robert served as a Staff Sergeant & Gunner on B-24H "Shoo Shoo Baby" #41-28752, 785th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Essex County, New Jersey prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 18, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24H #41-28752 took off, with a crew of 10, from Attlebridge, England on a bombing mission. Shortly after takeoff the B-24 stalled out and crashed at the end of Runway 27 in a field near Hockering Heath. The fuel tanks exploded and then 2 of the thousand pound bombs went off. The entire crew was lost.
Robert was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medals with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Service # 32928551
Brother of Mrs. Dorothy Hoop who resided in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
( Bio & Family Links by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #41-28752:
Connors, Leonard T ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, CT
Evanoff, Earl A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, OH
Goodwin, William Manch, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, GA
Klotz, Marion F ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, FL
Littleton, Freddie H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, MS
Munstermann, Raymond C ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MN
Spitz, Jack G ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, FL
Tatum, Richard F ~ 2nd Lt
Vogel, Robert R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Welch, Robert E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NJ
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Essex County, New Jersey prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 18, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24H #41-28752 took off, with a crew of 10, from Attlebridge, England on a bombing mission. Shortly after takeoff the B-24 stalled out and crashed at the end of Runway 27 in a field near Hockering Heath. The fuel tanks exploded and then 2 of the thousand pound bombs went off. The entire crew was lost.
Robert was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medals with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Service # 32928551
Brother of Mrs. Dorothy Hoop who resided in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
( Bio & Family Links by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #41-28752:
Connors, Leonard T ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, CT
Evanoff, Earl A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, OH
Goodwin, William Manch, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, GA
Klotz, Marion F ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, FL
Littleton, Freddie H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, MS
Munstermann, Raymond C ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MN
Spitz, Jack G ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, FL
Tatum, Richard F ~ 2nd Lt
Vogel, Robert R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Welch, Robert E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NJ
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Robert served as a Staff Sergeant & Gunner on B-24H "Shoo Shoo Baby" #41-28752, 785th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Essex County, New Jersey prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 18, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24H #41-28752 took off, with a crew of 10, from Attlebridge, England on a bombing mission. Shortly after takeoff the B-24 stalled out and crashed at the end of Runway 27 in a field near Hockering Heath. The fuel tanks exploded and then 2 of the thousand pound bombs went off. The entire crew was lost.
Robert was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medals with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Service # 32928551
Brother of Mrs. Dorothy Hoop who resided in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
( Bio & Family Links by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #41-28752:
Connors, Leonard T ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, CT
Evanoff, Earl A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, OH
Goodwin, William Manch, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, GA
Klotz, Marion F ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, FL
Littleton, Freddie H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, MS
Munstermann, Raymond C ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MN
Spitz, Jack G ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, FL
Tatum, Richard F ~ 2nd Lt
Vogel, Robert R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Welch, Robert E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NJ
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Essex County, New Jersey prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 18, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24H #41-28752 took off, with a crew of 10, from Attlebridge, England on a bombing mission. Shortly after takeoff the B-24 stalled out and crashed at the end of Runway 27 in a field near Hockering Heath. The fuel tanks exploded and then 2 of the thousand pound bombs went off. The entire crew was lost.
Robert was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medals with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Service # 32928551
Brother of Mrs. Dorothy Hoop who resided in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
( Bio & Family Links by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #41-28752:
Connors, Leonard T ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, CT
Evanoff, Earl A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, OH
Goodwin, William Manch, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, GA
Klotz, Marion F ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, FL
Littleton, Freddie H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, MS
Munstermann, Raymond C ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MN
Spitz, Jack G ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, FL
Tatum, Richard F ~ 2nd Lt
Vogel, Robert R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Welch, Robert E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NJ
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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