Robert Leland Anstey

Military

Assigned to 302 TCS, 441 TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne in C-47 42-100870 'Emma Mae' hit by flak, just past the IP point, and set aflame, cargo was salvoed and then crew baled out before A/C crashed. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10697.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.



Post War: Qualified as a Doctor.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Nicknames: Erma Mae
  • Unit: 441st Troop Carrier Group 302nd Troop Carrier Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

15 July 1921 Son of George Alban and Bernice Ione [Crist] Anstey.

Enlisted

31 May 1941 Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne Wyoming

Other

Shot down

23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne in C-47 42-100870 'Emma Mae' hit by flak, just past the IP point, and set aflame, cargo was salvoed and then crew baled out before A/C crashed. POW MACR 10697.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW).

23 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

28 July 1991

Born

Based

23 December 1944 Assigned to 302 TCS, 441 TCG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Saint Timothy Cemetery Cass County Iowa USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorRobin K Anstey
Changes
Sources

I am Robert's daughter. He was never a POW.  His plane was named after my mother. It was the ERMA Mae, not the Emma Mae.

 

I have made a new entry for my father here, if you would like to reference it.