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2LT Andrew Robertson Jr.

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2LT Andrew Robertson Jr.

Birth
Death
19 Mar 1946 (aged 24)
Alameda County, California, USA
Burial
Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Plot
MEMORIAL PARK C, SEC. 3, 246
Memorial ID
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Second Lieutenant, 1521 Base Unit.

Engineer aboard B-29B Superfortress #44-83960 when the bomber struck a 3,820-foot mountain peak in a snowstorm, twelve miles south of Livermore, California while navigating towards landing to Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield (now Travis Air Force Base).

The crew were ferrying the bomber from Hawaii to California.

All seven airmen aboard were killed. The others were:

1st Lt. Fred S Andes Jr., Pilot
2nd Lt. Francis G Weyant, Co-pilot
1st Lt. George W Cummings Jr., Navigator
Sgt. Dale A Anderson
Sgt. John E Elliott
PFC Donald M Miller
Second Lieutenant, 1521 Base Unit.

Engineer aboard B-29B Superfortress #44-83960 when the bomber struck a 3,820-foot mountain peak in a snowstorm, twelve miles south of Livermore, California while navigating towards landing to Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield (now Travis Air Force Base).

The crew were ferrying the bomber from Hawaii to California.

All seven airmen aboard were killed. The others were:

1st Lt. Fred S Andes Jr., Pilot
2nd Lt. Francis G Weyant, Co-pilot
1st Lt. George W Cummings Jr., Navigator
Sgt. Dale A Anderson
Sgt. John E Elliott
PFC Donald M Miller


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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140114766/andrew-robertson: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Andrew Robertson Jr. (22 Feb 1922–19 Mar 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140114766, citing Arlington Memorial Park, Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).