Robert John Vanderpool

Military

Assigned to 828BS, 485BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to return Linz, Austria 20-Jan-45 in B-24 42-52718 'Valiant Lady'; ran low on fuel, heading for the emergency strip on Viz Island, Yugoslavia. Engines cut out 2 miles short of the runway and was ditched into Viz harbour, whereupon the ship broke into two and sank. The crew at the front of the ship drowned including Robert. Killed in Action (KIA)

 

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-41068) of the 485th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Yellow? 44-41068.'

485th Bomb Group

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

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

26 September 1919

Enlisted

Chicago, Illinois 29 September 1942 EnlistedChicago, Illinois

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Off Yugoslavia coast 20 January 1945 Killed in Action (KIA)Off Yugoslavia coast

Buried

Ridgewood Cemetery Des Plaines, Illinois 21 January 1950 Re-InterredRidgewood CemeteryDes Plaines, Illinois

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