Robert H Homuth

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Crash Landing Engine Failure Pevensey Beach in P-51B 43-6718, 20-Apr-44, Returned to Duty (RTD). Failed to Return (FTR), lost contact with section in climbing turn in cloud, aircraft P-51B 43-7032 crashed Onkerzele, Belgium. German records indicate aircraft had been struck by lightning. Killed in Action KIA. MACR 5669.



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Units served with

Aircraft

43-6718

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: The Mary a II
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

43-7032

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Toledo, OH, USA 10 November 1921

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 18 April 1944 - 1 May 1944 Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crash landed

Pevensey, Pevensey, East Sussex BN24, UK 20 April 1944 Crash Landing Engine Failure Pevensey Beach in P-51B 43-6718, 20-Apr-44, Returned to Duty (RTD).

Other

Promotion

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 22 May 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Onkerzele, 9500 Geraardsbergen, Belgium 31 May 1944 Lost contact with section in climbing turn in cloud, aircraft P-51B 43-7032 crashed Onkerzele, Belgium. German records indicate aircraft had been struck by lightning. Killed in Action KIA. MACR 5669.
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Buried

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Sources

ABMC, MACR 5669 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5669 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list