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Robert G Fenstermacher
Military
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1LT Robert G. Fenstermacher Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF KIA - 26 December 1944
Army Air Force 1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, of Scranton, was a P-47D pilot who crashed in Belgium in December 1944 during an armed-reconnaissance mission against targets in Germany. He was 23.
Fenstermacher was declared Killed in Action but his remains could not immediately be recovered after the crash. Following the war, the U.S. Army interviewed a local Belgian woman who said an aircraft crashed into the side of her house, but the crash site couldn’t be located. In 2012 a group of local historians excavated a private yard in Petergensfeld, Belgium, recovering human remains that were identified as Fenstermacher’s.
Service
Units served with
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404th Fighter Group
Group
A unit history of the 404th Fighter Group is available online as a pdf: http://www.winkton.net/Leap%20Off/LeapOffPdf3.pdf -
506th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Winkton
Military site : airfield
Prepared as an RAF Advanced Landing Ground in 1943, the land was released for grazing before it was again selected for aircraft use, and improved for the Ninth Air Force in 1944. Used briefly by the 404th Fighter Group, it was then abandoned,... -
Juvincourt
Military site : airfield
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Chipelle
Military site : airfield
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St Trond
Military site : airfield
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Bretigny
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 12 December 1921 |
| Died | near Petergensfeld, Belgium | 26 December 1944 |
| Buried | Arlington National Cemetery | 18 October 2013 |
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Arlington National Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 April 2019 23:39:58 | 466thHistorian | Changes to place associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 April 2019 23:36:23 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/10/11/remains-of-3-missing-pa-air... |
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