Robert Leroy Sprout

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-36608.jpeg UPL 36608 1st Lt Robert LeRoy Sprout

My Dad's Photo Book

Object Number - UPL 36608 - 1st Lt Robert LeRoy Sprout

Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Hit trees on Sidown Hill in B-17 44-8436 and crashed. 5-May-45. Killed in Action (KIA)

Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16186500
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36742604
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32428704 / O-2015311
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-783932
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16153156 / O-828164
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Russian Lullaby
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fort Worth Jail House
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rodman, Iowa 30 October 1923 Son of Leroy and Edith Jean [Thompson] Sprout. Born Rodman, Iowa

Enlisted

Des Moines, IA 5 December 1942 Enlisted Des Moines, Iowa

Based

Podington 1 January 1945 - 5 May 1945 Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Sidown Hill, Hampshire 5 May 1945 Hit trees on Sidown Hill in B-17 44-8436 and crashed. 5-May-45. Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

6 May 1945 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 1 Grave 45

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to Related Places, Summary Biography, Mascot? and Biography. Changes to Role of Honour Picture. Changes to Role of Honour Picture
Date
ContributorRandySprout
ChangesChanges to awards
Sources

Randy Sprout

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesCreated entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations

Robert Leroy Sprout: Gallery (15 items)