Robert Abney
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Survived the war because he was hospitalized for severe frostbite when his crew and plane flew its last mission on Dec 11, 1943.
Military
Shot down 11 December 1943 in B-17 #4237715 'Sugar Foot. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Survived the war because he was hospitalized for severe frostbite when his crew and plane flew its last mission on Dec 11, 1943.
Group
"The Bloody Hundredth", so-called because of a reputation for losing a high number aircraft and crews, flew B-17s from Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk. Their losses were not the highest of any Eighth Air Force Group but on several occasions the Group lost many...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 5/8/43; Grd Island 20/9/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 25/9/43; Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Jim Haddox, Co-pilot: John Wagner, Navigator: Albt Warfordbody washed up 17/3/44, Bombardier: Ellsworth Power,...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, USA | |
Killed in Action (KIA) | English Channel | 11 December 1943 |
Died | 11 December 1943 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:14:51 | AAM | AAM ingest |
Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1570 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |