43-38136 Snow White

SSgt C. Robert “Bob” Suing UPL 69765 UPL 69765 SSgt. Bob Suing (RO/Ball Gunner) Outside of his B-17G

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Object Number - UPL 69765 - SSgt. Bob Suing (RO/Ball Gunner) Outside of his B-17G

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-R] Sudbury 17/7/44; 31m Missing in Action Cologne 15/10/44 with George List, Bombardier: John Wise, Jim Ellison, Rueben Bratmoe, Bob Stanley, Jim Goonan, Dick Sherman (7 Killed in Action); Norman Dahlstrom, Owen Crawford (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Overath, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9491. SNOW WHITE.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37556314
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer /Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35875964
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-824105
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-776888
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Germany 15 October 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9491 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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