Robert J Rupe

Military

Killed in Action (KIA) 20 June 1944. Hit by flak and crashed into Channel on 6/20/44 in B-17 Pride of the Yanks #4232004

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Units served with

388th Bomb Group

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

560th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-32004

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Knettishall airfield looking south, the bomb dump is bottom left, 13 March 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC226. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		20 June 1944
Born	Missouri, USA
Buried	Netherlands
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	North Sea	20 June 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:39

ContributorAAM

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Sources

ABMC / MACR 5921 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5921 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database