Robert Leland Anstey
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Nicknames: Erma Mae
- Unit: 441st Troop Carrier Group 302nd Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Isle Abbotts
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 |
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Based |
23 December 1944 | Assigned to 302 TCS, 441 TCG, 9AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Saint Timothy Cemetery Cass County Iowa USA |
Revisions
ContributorRobin K Anstey
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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.