Robert E Murrell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x destroyed. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in P-51 44-14975 19-Feb-45; Hit a tree with left wing whilst pulling out of a strafing attack on locomotive 5 miles north of Northeim. Lt Robert Murrell Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12498



Awards: AM (5OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-11354

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron

44-14975

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Highland Park, Michigan 22 August 1920

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 13 January 1942 Detroit Michigan

Other

Destroyed Fw190

Koblenz, Germany 2 December 1944 Fw190 destroyed 2-Dec-44 Koblenz in P-51 44-11354.

Died

Northeim, Germany 19 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg 19-Feb-45; Hit a tree strafing a locomotive 5 miles Nth of Northeim. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12498

Other

Promotion

Kings Cliffe, UK Promoted 1st Lieutenant.

Based

Kings Cliffe 19 February 1945 Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Oakland County, MI Re-Interred White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery Troy, Oakland County, MI

Revisions

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Sources

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187115978/robert-e-murrell

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12498 / MACR 12498, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list