Reisel Robert Horn
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo.
Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew B-17 42-102547 'Rose of York' [62 mission veteran], on return from 63rd bombing mission [ Berlin ], A/C hit by concentrated and accurate AA fire, last contact indicated one engine out and another trailing gasoline, failed to return FTR, posted MIA, crashed into North Sea. Changed to Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (5OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: British
- Service Numbers: R224685 (Royal Navy)
- Role/Job: War Correspondent BBC
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18157171 at enlistment, then O-767503
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-759699
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Elizabeth, The Princess, Rose of York
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Anson, Texas, USA | 8 September 1923 | Son of Ed and Cora Melinda [Roberts] Horn. |
Died |
North Sea | 3 February 1945 | Killed in Action (KIA) |
Buried |
Tablets of the missing, Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. | ||
Buried |
Mount Hope Cemetery Anson, Jones County, TX | Memorialised Mount Hope Cemetery Anson, Jones County, Texas | |
Based |
Thurleigh | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Deleted and re-added the "Died" event to clean up a date issue (date listed twice). Configured cemetery for "Buried" event.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12283 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database