Robert J Ettlinger

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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From an internet search, two screenshots of the list of crew members and summary of Hard To Get crash from witness accounts. Will repair incomplete data later.

Object Number - UPL 23959 - Crew members Of Hard To Get; summary from first hand witnesses. Screenshot from internet search, part 1 of 2 -

Killed in Service (KIS) on 8 Feb 1944 when his B-17G #42-39977 'Hard to Get' crashed near Morley St Peter, Norfolk after takeoff during formup for a mission to Frankfurt-am-Main.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39977

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard To Get
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

8 February 1944

Born

Illinois

Buried

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Sources

ABMC, Roll of Honor, Missing Planes of the 452nd BG by Hinrichs p. 4, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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