Robert Lewis Zeller
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Photo taken 20 June 2012, Gary Atkins
Object Number - UPL 15145 - In the Parish Church of Rumburgh, St Michael & St Felix.
Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF.
Failed to Return (FTR) Alencon, France in B-24 #42-51116, 7-Jun-44; Crashed Rumburgh, Suffolk, Killed in Action (KIA), No MACR.
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18165381
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35578530
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12199527 / O-707969
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39414451
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12153910
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Nature's Nymph
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Valparaiso, IN | 29 October 1921 | Son of Donald Lewis and Mary Luella [McGinley] Zeller. |
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Enlisted |
La Fayette, IN | 6 June 1942 | La Fayette, Indiana |
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Died |
Rumburgh, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Alencon, France in B-24 42-51116, 7-Jun-44; Crashed Rumburgh, Suffolk, Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
Winchester National Cemetery Winchester, VA | Winchester National Cemetery Winchester Winchester City Virginia, USA Plot: 3, 4242B Buried with 3 crewmembers: Siegfried Profe Robert McKinley Robert Neumer | |
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Based |
Bungay | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3008578/robert-lewis-zeller
Removed # from A/C serial No.to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / unit history
