Robert G Altman
MilitaryAssigned 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing raid on the Eller railroad bridge, Germany went missing after attacks by enemy fighters, last seen with one engine on fire. Prisoner of War (POW). 23-Dec-44. MACR 11487.
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35120381 / O-687770
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Miss Furie
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 4B
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Virginia, IL 62691, USA | 18 October 1922 | Son of Carl and Gertrude [Turner] Altman. |
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Enlisted |
Peoria, IL, USA | 10 November 1942 | Peoria, Illinois |
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Other Shot down |
54531 Eckfeld, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bombing raid on the Eller railroad bridge, Germany went missing after attacks by enemy fighters, last seen with one engine on fire. POW. 23-Dec-44. MACR 11487. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Muhlberg, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag IVb. |
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Died |
Springfield, IL, USA | 23 November 2010 | |
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Buried |
Pleasant Plains Cemetery Pleasant Plains Sangamon County IL | 26 November 2010 | Pleasant Plains Cemetery Pleasant Plains Sangamon County Illinois USA |
| Sangamon County, IL, USA | |||
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Based |
Rivenhall | 23 December 1944 | Assigned 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. |