Robert R Sherman
Military
photo acquired from the Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation
Object Number - UPL 65127 - Robert Sherman, Dutch Resistance photo
On a mission to Erkner Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24J #42-99975 'The Latrine Rumor' made a forced landing near Wartena, Holland hitting a windmill that crushed the nose section. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35670530
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0679211
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner - engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0683871
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32471406
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
21 November 1990 | ||
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Born |
Galway, New York, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |
Revisions
United States Army Air Corps, Four Engine Bomber Training, Pueblo, Colorado, 1943.
photo acquired from the Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2958 / MACR 2958, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 406 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database