Robert L Steeves
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 40342
B-24 Liberator 42-95289 'Little Rollo' with Malone crew.
Standing L-R; Sgt Kieran P. Culliton, 2Lt Wallace R. Malone, 2Lt Jack H. Heuser, 2Lt Hulet Mack.
Kneeling L-R; Sgt Harry F. Stricklan, Sgt Robert L. Steeves, Sgt Albert R. Eibel, Sgt Thomas A. Strohaker, F/O James E. Sheets.
Standing L-R; Sgt Kieran P. Culliton, 2Lt Wallace R. Malone, 2Lt Jack H. Heuser, 2Lt Hulet Mack.
Kneeling L-R; Sgt Harry F. Stricklan, Sgt Robert L. Steeves, Sgt Albert R. Eibel, Sgt Thomas A. Strohaker, F/O James E. Sheets.
Killed in Action (KIA) Member of Wallace Malone's crew Had to land in the North Sea (notified Air Sea Rescue) plane broke in half on landing on the water. Strohker, the pilot Malone and the Bombardier Heuser were rescued. Steeves' name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.
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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 707th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
27 December 1944 |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Added Robert L Steeves' name to the Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294635/robert-l-steeves
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Combat Sup and 446th BG Book page 231 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia