Robert Dean Matheson
Military
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UPL 6448
Allan Strom Crew
Crew #411
Standing L to R: unidentified, George C. Hildebrant (CP), Robert D. Matheson (N), Richard C. Monroe (B), Allan Strom (P)
Kneeling L to R: unidentified, Victor E. Castillo (R/O), Roy M. Crow (FE), unidentified, unidentified
Crew Roster:
Allan Strom - Pilot
George C. Hildenbrant - Co Pilot
Robert Matheson - Navigator
Richard Monroe - Bombardier
Eugene S. Bell - Gunner
Richard Nichter - Radio Operator
Victor Castillo - Radio Operator (replacement)
Roy M. Crow - Engineer
Roy B. Kelly - Gunner
Gerald E. Lewis - Gunner
Robert Walwer - Gunner
This crew was shot down on their 3rd mission, 8 April 1944. Richard Monroe was Killed in Action. The rest of the crew were made POW. Nichter and Lewis were not aboard when the crew went down.
Crew #411
Standing L to R: unidentified, George C. Hildebrant (CP), Robert D. Matheson (N), Richard C. Monroe (B), Allan Strom (P)
Kneeling L to R: unidentified, Victor E. Castillo (R/O), Roy M. Crow (FE), unidentified, unidentified
Crew Roster:
Allan Strom - Pilot
George C. Hildenbrant - Co Pilot
Robert Matheson - Navigator
Richard Monroe - Bombardier
Eugene S. Bell - Gunner
Richard Nichter - Radio Operator
Victor Castillo - Radio Operator (replacement)
Roy M. Crow - Engineer
Roy B. Kelly - Gunner
Gerald E. Lewis - Gunner
Robert Walwer - Gunner
This crew was shot down on their 3rd mission, 8 April 1944. Richard Monroe was Killed in Action. The rest of the crew were made POW. Nichter and Lewis were not aboard when the crew went down.
466th BG Historian
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4129422 'Rebel Yell.' Matheson was the last of the crew to parachute to safety after being pushed out of the B-24 by Lieutenant Richard C Monroe, who is believed to have gone down with the plane.
Matheson was captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft I.
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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 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694495
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 751206
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rebel Yell
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mcgill, Nevada, USA | 21 March 1919 | |
Died |
Salt Lake City, Utah | 27 December 2010 | |
Other Shot down |
near Brunswick, Germany | 8 April 1944 | |
McGill, Nevada |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3841 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database