Robert O Smith

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-18536.jpeg UPL 18536 Tail Gunner Robert O Smith

Gary Hall

Object Number - UPL 18536 - Tail Gunner Robert O Smith

Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Missing in Action Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; flak hits mid-air explosion near Stendahl. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14295



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • 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: 36901826
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36756362
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39835722 / O-2015136
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38406566
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist / Tail Gunner and moved to Bombardier (Togglier)
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19199731 / O-777765
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Time's A-Wastin'" of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Times A-Wastin
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Loogootee, Indiana, USA 20 September 1922

Enlisted

Evansville, IN 20 January 1944 Evansville, Indiana

Died

Stendal, Germany 8 April 1945 Missing in Action Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; flak hits mid-air explosion near Stendahl. KIA MACR 14295

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Bassingbourn 8 April 1945

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands Plot M, Row 18, Grave 12

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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

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