Robert Lee Ager
MilitaryJoined Sqd 3-Aug-42. ETO/Flight Echelon 2-Oct-42. WIA 6-Dec-42 (Abbeyville). DS/Tunis 16-Sep-43. Trans/Group HQ.
Failed to Return (FTR) as an Observer to Agathe d' Aliermont V1 site mission in B-24 42-99970 'Liberty Belle' 21-Jan-44; A/C took a direct hit in bomb bay. Baled out of A/C over French coast. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8174.
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19063025 / O-675040
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Liberty Belle
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lancaster County, NE | 24 July 1921 | Son of Lee Harold and Bess E [Badgett] Ager. |
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Enlisted |
Seattle, WA | 10 January 1942 | Seattle, Washington |
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Based |
Shipdham | 8 March 1942 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Vicinity Boulogne | 21 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Agathe d' Aliermont V1 site mission in B-24 42-99970 'Liberty Belle' 21-Jan-44; A/C took a direct hit in bomb bay. Bailed out of A/C over French coast. POW. MACR 8174 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 21 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Kent, WA | 31 December 1995 | |
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Based |
Shipdham | 21 January 1944 | Transferred to HQ, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Kane Cemetery Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, WA | Kane Cemetery Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, Washington | |
| Seattle, WA |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52994953/robert-lee-ager
Removed # from A/C serial No to aid clarity and consistency
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
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We Were Eagles Volume Two: The Eighth Air Force at War December 1943 to May 1944 By Martin W. Bowman
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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We Were Eagles Volume Two: The Eighth Air Force at War December 1943 to May 1944 By Martin W. Bowman
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52994953/robert-lee-ager
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, 8th AF Losses, MACR 8714