Robert Arthur Gum

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-16166.jpeg UPL 16166 2LT Robert A. Gum
Co-Pilot
Donald G. Griffin Crew
KIA - 23 March 1944
466th BG - 785th bS

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 16166 - 2LT Robert A. Gum Co-Pilot Donald G. Griffin Crew KIA - 23 March 1944 466th BG - 785th bS

B-24H #41-29466 'Dark Rhapsody' crashed into Lake Belterwijde, Holland after colliding with another aircraft on a mission to Achmer airfield, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Donald G Griffin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-437329
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29466

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dark Rhapsody
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

8064 Zwartsluis, Netherlands 26 March 1944 Zwartsluis Cemetery Grave C 12

Born

Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

Plot M Row 12 Grave 10 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Vollenhove, Netherlands 23 March 1944 KIA when his a/c collided with another 466th BG aircraft over Holland. All on board were KIA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3456 / MACR 3456, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Robert Arthur Gum: Gallery (3 items)

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