Robert Albert Keller

Military
Robert Albert Keller UPL 61435 UPL 61435 Robert Albert Keller

My father-in-law's Robert Albert Keller photograph

Object Number - UPL 61435 - Robert Albert Keller

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert W Hess

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Lester Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Alfred D Moussette

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Bill L Schmill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner

Allen Smuntan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

44-40205

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Moose
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

44-40243

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tender Foot
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

392

  • Date: 5 June 1944
  • Official Description:

391

  • Date: 4 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Flushing, New York, USA 15 July 1923

Enlisted

New York City, New York, United States 20 November 1942 Enlisted as a private in the Air Corps

Other

POW (Prisoner of War)

France 5 June 1944 - 26 May 1945 Captured 5 June 1944 near Landrethun-le-Nord. Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan / Zagan, Poland.

Born

Flushing, Queens County, United States

Revisions

Date3 Jul 2023 14:51:39
ContributorWalterC
ChangesChanges to Media
Sources

My father-in-law, Robert Albert Keller photograph

Date3 Jul 2023 14:07:44
ContributorWalterC
ChangesChanges to Aircraft, Mascot?, Missions and Biography
Sources

Changes - Added 44-40205 as first aircraft.  / Added Mission 391

Source:  My father-in-law, Robert Albert Keller's personal diary

Date8 Apr 2015 16:24:48
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, events, person associations and mission associations
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 5633

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:57
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 5633 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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