Robert Glen Levi
Military ROLL OF HONOURKIS in crash of B-17 42-5793 Finger M-Mike at Brome, Suffolk England. Was a PFF aircraft. Sergeant Levi was especially trained to operate the new equipment, the H2S radar.
#1 engine caught fire on take-off and burned the cables. 17 lives were lost.
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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: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-662226
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stinky
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Greenville, South Carolina | 31 May 1915 | Born Greenville, South Carolina |
Enlisted |
Fort Bragg, North Carolina | 25 August 1941 | Enlisted Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
Died |
Brome, Suffolk | 10 November 1943 | Died Brome, Suffolk |
Buried |
Pace Cemetery, North Carolina | 1 January 1948 | Re-Interred Pace Cemetery Henderson County, North Carolina |
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Sources
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia