Robert Taylor Trent
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 64927 - S/Sgt Robert T. Trent
Killed in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17 41-24549 'Stupen Takit', 91BG/323BS while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. The aircraft sustained a direct hit from AA fire just after leaving the target of the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany. CPT McCarty ordered a bale out, but only two crewmen managed to parachute from the aircrft before it exploded. The aircraft crashed at Buldern, Germany. Trent was one of 8 Stupen Taket crew members who gave his life for his country.
Purple Heart, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-436089
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stupen Takit
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Luther, Tennessee | 31 March 1905 | BornSneedville, Tennessee |
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Enlisted |
Fort McPherson Atlanta Georgia | 15 November 1940 | EnlistedFort McPherson Atlanta Georgia |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Buldern, 48249 Dülmen, Germany | 4 March 1943 | Killed when the aircaft took a directe hit from AA fire and exploded.Buldern, Germany |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Liège, Belgium | 1 January 1946 | Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 23, Grave 13. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Confirmed SN and added KIA event per MACR 15596. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data. Added A/C model letter, unit association, crew position, loss details and A/C crash location to Summary Biogrpahy based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces:, Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15596 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Unit history, MACR 15596 , Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, pp. 87-88, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar p. 259, The 91st Bomb Group by Burdick p. 111, ABMC and NARA enlistment records online.
