Robert Alan Neumer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
The Rochester Alumni-Alumnae Review, October-November 1944
Object Number - UPL 15556 - Robert Alan Neumer
Robert Neumer was killed when B-24 42-51116 crashed at Corner Farm, Rumburgh, on the morning of 7 June 1944. The mission to Alcenon, Northern France, had been scrubbed, and they were on their way home. 8 crew were killed. Robert is not named on the memorial in Rumburgh's St Felix & St Michael's church, but he was on of the casualties of this accident.
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095871 / O-691341
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Nature's Nymph
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mount Vernon, NY | 2 July 1922 | Son of Arthur E and Elizabeth M Nuemer. |
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Enlisted |
Rochester, NY | 23 October 1942 | Rochester, New York |
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Died |
Rumburgh, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Alencon, France in B-24 42-51116, 7-Jun-44; Crashed Rumburgh, Suffolk, KIA No MACR. |
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Buried |
Winchester National Cemetery , Winchester, VA | Winchester National Cemetery Winchester Winchester City Virginia, USA Plot: 3, 4242B Buried with 3 other crewmembers: Robert Zeller Siegfried Profe Robert McKinley | |
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Based |
Bungay | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Find A Grave Memorial# 3007539
History of the 446th Bomb Group, Harold Jansen
Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Stan Bishop & John A Hey
http://www.usaafdata.com/
The Rochester Alumni-Alumnae Review, October-November 1944
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.446bg.com/
