Robert Walter Crisler
Military29 missions. Damaged by flak on a mission to Chateaudun airfield, FR on 28 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37754 'Who Dat - Ding Bat' returned to base and crashed off the coast after the surviving crew baled out. RTD.
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster,
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Who Dat - The Dingbat!
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Roseburg, Oregon | 17 October 1919 | |
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Died |
24 March 1955 | ||
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Buried |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / widow, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces