Robert L Cash

Military

Shot down over Baltic Sea on 20 June 1944 on raid to Politz. 750 mile forced march. Liberated by British 11th Armored Div. under General Montgomery about 5 May 1945 and flown to England to treat my malnutrition and bullet wound in leg. Was rotated home after hospital stay in England of four weeks.



Good Conduct Medal/ European Campaign Medal/ AM/ PH/ POW/ Croix de Guerre

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40150

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ruptured Duck
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Denver, Colorado, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Adriatic Sea 20 June 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6775 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self & Unit history & p228 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, D790.A2S45