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SSGT Robert H. Kaems

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SSGT Robert H. Kaems

Birth
Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, USA
Death
29 May 1945 (aged 20)
Burial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
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S/Sgt. ( 1st/Lt.) Robert H. Kaems, KIA
Hometown: Jackson, Michigan
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service# 36455734
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2/Lt Jack Eley, POW Montgomery, AL

Target: Munster
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 9-Mar-45
Serial Number: 44-49382
Aircraft Model B-24M
Aircraft Letter:T
Aircraft Name:
Location: Near Greven
Cause: AA 10 KIA, 2 POW
NOTES: There are discrepancies related to this crew. Lt. Kaems is listed Tablets of the missing as a S/Sgt . with a different date of death.
Lt Smith is listed on USAAF with this crew but not included on the Air Museum site.

The "44-49382 " crew
1st/Lt. William F. Hunter Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. John C. Christiansen Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Lee D. Ferryman Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Robert H. Kaems KIA
1st/Lt. George E. Smith KIA
T/Sgt. Jake S. Monzingo KIA
T/Sgt. Jake S. Monzingo KIA
T/Sgt. J Robert H. Ratchford KIA
T/Sgt. J Robert H. Ratchford KIA
S/Sgt. Robert J. Cannon KIA
S/Sgt. Robert W. Sarber KIA
S/Sgt. Joseph K. Selser KIA
Howard F. Hoesterky POW
Frederick C. Schaffer Jr. POW
S/Sgt. ( 1st/Lt.) Robert H. Kaems, KIA
Hometown: Jackson, Michigan
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service# 36455734
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2/Lt Jack Eley, POW Montgomery, AL

Target: Munster
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 9-Mar-45
Serial Number: 44-49382
Aircraft Model B-24M
Aircraft Letter:T
Aircraft Name:
Location: Near Greven
Cause: AA 10 KIA, 2 POW
NOTES: There are discrepancies related to this crew. Lt. Kaems is listed Tablets of the missing as a S/Sgt . with a different date of death.
Lt Smith is listed on USAAF with this crew but not included on the Air Museum site.

The "44-49382 " crew
1st/Lt. William F. Hunter Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. John C. Christiansen Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Lee D. Ferryman Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Robert H. Kaems KIA
1st/Lt. George E. Smith KIA
T/Sgt. Jake S. Monzingo KIA
T/Sgt. Jake S. Monzingo KIA
T/Sgt. J Robert H. Ratchford KIA
T/Sgt. J Robert H. Ratchford KIA
S/Sgt. Robert J. Cannon KIA
S/Sgt. Robert W. Sarber KIA
S/Sgt. Joseph K. Selser KIA
Howard F. Hoesterky POW
Frederick C. Schaffer Jr. POW

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Entered the service from Michigan.

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  • Maintained by: John Dowdy
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56359038/robert_h-kaems: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Robert H. Kaems (13 Sep 1924–29 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56359038, citing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by John Dowdy (contributor 47791572).