Robert Leland Anstey
MilitaryAssigned to 302 TCS, 441 TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne in C-47 42-100870 'Emma Mae' hit by flak, just past the IP point, and set aflame, cargo was salvoed and then crew baled out before A/C crashed. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10697.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Qualified as a Doctor.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Nicknames: Erma Mae
- Unit: 441st Troop Carrier Group 302nd Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Isle Abbotts
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Union County, IA, USA | 15 July 1921 | Son of George Alban and Bernice Ione [Crist] Anstey. |
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Enlisted |
Cheyenne Rd, Francis E. Warren AFB, WY 82005, USA | 31 May 1941 | Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne Wyoming |
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Other Shot down |
NW of Bastogne, Belgium | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne in C-47 42-100870 'Emma Mae' hit by flak, just past the IP point, and set aflame, cargo was salvoed and then crew baled out before A/C crashed. POW MACR 10697. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW). |
Barth, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Natick, MA, USA | 28 July 1991 | |
| Knox County, NE, USA | |||
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Based |
Merryfield | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 302 TCS, 441 TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Cass County, IA, USA | Saint Timothy Cemetery Cass County Iowa USA |