Robert Franklin Morris
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 18534
Robert F Morris Co-Pilot
Gary Hall
Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14295
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16119867 / O-828502
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Times A-Wastin
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Spokane WA | 25 May 1920 | Son of Nettie M Morris. |
Enlisted |
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA | 11 December 1942 | Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington |
Died |
Stendal, Germany | 8 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl KIA MACR 14295 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bassingbourn | 8 April 1945 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot L Row 4 Grave 2 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14295 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database