Robert L Gelsleichter

Military
media-55447.jpeg UPL 55447 Robert L Gelsleichter

Jane Gelsleichter Carter, daughter

Object Number - UPL 55447 - Robert L Gelsleichter

Assigned to 509BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Robert L. Gelsleichter flew 32 missions with the 351st BG as a Top Turret Gunner.





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Aircraft

Crew of the "Eager Eagle II", 22th October 1943

42-30780

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Eager Eagle II
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (42-3136) nicknamed "No Balls At All" of the 351st Bomb Group gets a new nose section from another damaged Fortress. Official caption printed on image: '(GE-16-1-351)(14-6-43)(A/C 23136)(Nose Section Replaced).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '21/5/'43.'

42-3136

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: No Ball at All
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

42-5756

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania 1 March 1925

Enlisted

Wilkes Barre, PA 6 September 1941 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Other

Discharged USAAF

Fort Bragg, NC 1 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Rockville, Montgomery County, MD 23 March 2009 Robert L. Gelsleichter On Monday, March 23, 2009 of Rockville, MD. Beloved husband of the late Elizabeth J. Gelsleichter. Cherished father of Jane Carter and her husband Henry. Devoted grandfather of Robert Carter and his wife Melissa, Richard Carter and his wife Kim. Dear great grandfather of Elizabeth, Matthew, Danielle, Aislinn and Hannah. Mr. Gelsleichter is also survived by his brother Herman Gelsleichter and several nieces and nephews.

Buried

Gate of Heaven Cemetery Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD 27 March 2009 Gate of Heaven Cemetery Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland

Based

Polebrook Assigned to 509BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/93200211/robert-l-gelsleichter-social-secu…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83739425/robert-l-gelsleichter-wwii-army-e…
https://www.fold3.com/record/625459811/robert-gelsleichter-1923-veteran…
http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Robert-L.-Gelsleichter-85553045
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2922882/the-wilkes-barre-record/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53077972/robert-l-gelsleichter

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He's wearing the ADSM and ACM in the picture and earned the WW II Victory Medal as well.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53077972/robert-l-gelsleichter

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ContributorDouglas P
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Sources

351st.org, NARA

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/

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