Second Lieutenant Love was killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-25C Mitchell #41-13262 at Thornburg, Iowa.
He served with the 334th Bomb Group, 472nd Bomb Squadron at Greenville, South Carolina.
Five other airmen also perished:
2nd Lt. Floyd V. Bair
2nd Lt. Robert L. Miller
2nd Lt. Roy G. Schott, Jr.
S/Sgt. William S. Weaver, Jr.
Pvt. Robert L. Craig
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Robert Love, Point Flier, Dies in Crash
Stevens Point, Wis. - (AP) - Second Lt. Robert J. Love, 20, of Stevens Point, was killed Sunday in the crash of an army airplane near Des Moines, Ia., according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy B. Love, today. Lt. Love left here Saturday afternoon for his station at Greenville, S.C., after a 12-day furlough.
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, November 1, 1943
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2 Wisconsin Officers Killed in Bomber Crash
Greenville, S.C. - (AP) - Two Wisconsin officers were among six fliers killed Sunday when their medium bomber crashed at Des Moines, Sunday.
The state men were 2nd Lt. Robert L. Miller, 26, navigator bombardier, whose mother is Mrs. Edward J. Miller of Green Lake, and 2nd Lt. Robert J. Love, 20, co-pilot, whose mother is Mrs. G. B. Love of Stevens Point.
Greenville army air base public relations said the plane was on a training flight.
Racine Journal Times November 2, 1943
He served with the 334th Bomb Group, 472nd Bomb Squadron at Greenville, South Carolina.
Five other airmen also perished:
2nd Lt. Floyd V. Bair
2nd Lt. Robert L. Miller
2nd Lt. Roy G. Schott, Jr.
S/Sgt. William S. Weaver, Jr.
Pvt. Robert L. Craig
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Robert Love, Point Flier, Dies in Crash
Stevens Point, Wis. - (AP) - Second Lt. Robert J. Love, 20, of Stevens Point, was killed Sunday in the crash of an army airplane near Des Moines, Ia., according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy B. Love, today. Lt. Love left here Saturday afternoon for his station at Greenville, S.C., after a 12-day furlough.
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, November 1, 1943
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2 Wisconsin Officers Killed in Bomber Crash
Greenville, S.C. - (AP) - Two Wisconsin officers were among six fliers killed Sunday when their medium bomber crashed at Des Moines, Sunday.
The state men were 2nd Lt. Robert L. Miller, 26, navigator bombardier, whose mother is Mrs. Edward J. Miller of Green Lake, and 2nd Lt. Robert J. Love, 20, co-pilot, whose mother is Mrs. G. B. Love of Stevens Point.
Greenville army air base public relations said the plane was on a training flight.
Racine Journal Times November 2, 1943
Second Lieutenant Love was killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-25C Mitchell #41-13262 at Thornburg, Iowa.
He served with the 334th Bomb Group, 472nd Bomb Squadron at Greenville, South Carolina.
Five other airmen also perished:
2nd Lt. Floyd V. Bair
2nd Lt. Robert L. Miller
2nd Lt. Roy G. Schott, Jr.
S/Sgt. William S. Weaver, Jr.
Pvt. Robert L. Craig
*****
Robert Love, Point Flier, Dies in Crash
Stevens Point, Wis. - (AP) - Second Lt. Robert J. Love, 20, of Stevens Point, was killed Sunday in the crash of an army airplane near Des Moines, Ia., according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy B. Love, today. Lt. Love left here Saturday afternoon for his station at Greenville, S.C., after a 12-day furlough.
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, November 1, 1943
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2 Wisconsin Officers Killed in Bomber Crash
Greenville, S.C. - (AP) - Two Wisconsin officers were among six fliers killed Sunday when their medium bomber crashed at Des Moines, Sunday.
The state men were 2nd Lt. Robert L. Miller, 26, navigator bombardier, whose mother is Mrs. Edward J. Miller of Green Lake, and 2nd Lt. Robert J. Love, 20, co-pilot, whose mother is Mrs. G. B. Love of Stevens Point.
Greenville army air base public relations said the plane was on a training flight.
Racine Journal Times November 2, 1943
He served with the 334th Bomb Group, 472nd Bomb Squadron at Greenville, South Carolina.
Five other airmen also perished:
2nd Lt. Floyd V. Bair
2nd Lt. Robert L. Miller
2nd Lt. Roy G. Schott, Jr.
S/Sgt. William S. Weaver, Jr.
Pvt. Robert L. Craig
*****
Robert Love, Point Flier, Dies in Crash
Stevens Point, Wis. - (AP) - Second Lt. Robert J. Love, 20, of Stevens Point, was killed Sunday in the crash of an army airplane near Des Moines, Ia., according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy B. Love, today. Lt. Love left here Saturday afternoon for his station at Greenville, S.C., after a 12-day furlough.
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, November 1, 1943
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2 Wisconsin Officers Killed in Bomber Crash
Greenville, S.C. - (AP) - Two Wisconsin officers were among six fliers killed Sunday when their medium bomber crashed at Des Moines, Sunday.
The state men were 2nd Lt. Robert L. Miller, 26, navigator bombardier, whose mother is Mrs. Edward J. Miller of Green Lake, and 2nd Lt. Robert J. Love, 20, co-pilot, whose mother is Mrs. G. B. Love of Stevens Point.
Greenville army air base public relations said the plane was on a training flight.
Racine Journal Times November 2, 1943
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