Robert C Gilg

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-44222.jpeg UPL 44222 Capt Robert Charles Gilg, Bombardier on B17G 42-38119 452nd Bomb Group. Their plane was hit over Guernsey Island. Ditched in the North Sea. Rescue boats were dispatched. No crew were ever found. Presumed drowned.

Removed association to the aircraft which is not depicted in the image. Aircraft association made in PERSON record.

Object Number - UPL 44222 - Capt Robert Charles Gilg, Bombardier on B17G 42-38119 452nd Bomb Group. Their plane was hit over Guernsey Island. Ditched in the North Sea. Rescue...

Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944



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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38119

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New Cumberland, PA, USA 24 October 1941

Other

Missing in action

3 September 1944 A/c was hit over Guernsey Island. Ditched in the North Sea. Rescue boats were dispatched. No crew were ever found. Presumed drowned.

Born

Pennsylvania

Buried

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Chris Brassfield
452nd BG History Book;

Removed association to the aircraft which is not depicted in the image. Aircraft association made in PERSON record.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

ABMC, MACR 8609 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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