Robert H Council
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 23232
2LT Robert H. Council
Co-Pilot
Crew #746 - Phillip Hammond Crew
KIA - 12 August 1944
Co-Pilot
Crew #746 - Phillip Hammond Crew
KIA - 12 August 1944
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-24 Gruesome Goose #4128747
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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 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-699611
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Gruesome Goose
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA | 3 March 1919 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 12 August 1944 | Aircraft was severely damaged by flak and crashed off the coast of France, in the English Channel |
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks, Lemay Township, MO 63125, USA | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay St. Louis County Missouri, USA Plot: Section 82 Site 14C |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7911 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database