Robert H Siek

Military

Flew on AC 42-110115 HEAVENLY BODY.

Ditched in North Sea on 30 Mar 45 - Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-110155

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Heavenly Body
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

30 March 1945 Killed in action. MACR 16234

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate record to include details from:
- Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- WWW.491st.org roster
- MACR 16234 - http://www.fold3.com/image/30087456/

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia