Robert C Schwartz

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 16-Aug-44 in B-17G 43-31702 while serving as Co-Pilot. Aircraft Shot down by flak and crashed at Burgwerben, Germany.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31702

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Burgwerben, Germany 16 August 1944 Killed when the aircraft received a direct hit from AA fire and crashed at Burgwerben, Germany.

Born

Alton, Illinois, USA

Buried

Pennsylvania, USA Remains recovered and buried by the Germans, later re-interred in the Ardennes American Cemetery U-9-218. After the war his remains were repatriated to Pennsylvania.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2104, Added Burial event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2014. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 7902; added Burial event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey, MBE; made connections tp Place and Mission within existing website data.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7902 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database