Robert Leroy Sprout

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UPL 80742 UPL 80742 1st Lt Robert LeRoy Sprout

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Object Number - UPL 80742 - 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.

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Units served with

326th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

92nd Bomb Group

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

People

Archie Casimer Brazer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16186500
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Jacob Buikema

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36742604
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Flight engineer

John F Duffy

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

William J Dutton

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-783932
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Reginald L Hammond

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

43-38574

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

44-8436

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

Places

Cambridge American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery

Podington

Site type: Airfield

Siddown Hill

Site type: Aircraft crash site

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