Uriel Falex Robertson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 65386 - Uriel F. Robertson, Top Turret Gunner, Arnett Crew 717, 857th BS, 492nd BG. KIA 19 May 1944, Mission No. 358
Uriel trained with his crew at the Combat Crew Training School in Tucson, Arizona. He was assigned to the top turret guns. During the first week of January, his crew was transferred to the new 492nd BG at Alamogordo, New Mexico. They were assigned to the 857th BS and designated as Crew 717.
KIA 19 May 1944, 44-40171, Mission No. 358
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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: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0-810985
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-700723
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Boomerang
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Graham, North Carolina, USA | 25 August 1923 | His parents were George Bryant Robertson and Myrtle Irene Shatterly Robertson of Graham, North Carolina. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Croft, South Carolina, USA | 5 January 1943 | Camp Croft, South Carolina, USA |
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Died Killed in action (KIA) |
Tuitjenhorn, Netherlands | 19 May 1944 | Tuitjenhorn, Netherlands |
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Buried |
Graham, NC, USA | The Germans left it to the local citizens of Tuitjenhorn to bury Uriel's body. They mourned for Uriel and buried him in a church cemetery at nearby Eenigenburg. After the war, the US Army took Uriel away and reburied him at the Ardennes American National Cemetery. He remained there for a short time, until his family requested he be brought back to North Carolina |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5242 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database