Robert Sumner Stearns
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg in B-17 43-37822 'Lead Banana' 28-Sep-44; Collided with 42-31222 'Lazy Daisy' coming off target, crashed near Ost Ingersleben. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5793
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37479451
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-764209
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-816270
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lead Banana
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lapine, Oregon, USA | 25 August 1923 | Son of Carey Sumner and Betty [Hunt] Stearns. |
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR | 19 August 1942 | Portland, Oregon |
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Died |
Ostingersleben, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg 28-Sep-44; Collided with B-17 coming off target, crashed near Ostingersleben. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5793 |
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Buried |
Ostingersleben, Germany | 29 September 1944 | Interred Ostingersleben Cemetery |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Grafton Underwood | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands | ||
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Buried |
Juniper Haven Cemetery, Prineville, Crook County, OR | Memorialised Juniper Haven Cemetery Prineville, Crook County, OR | |
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Buried |
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA | Re-Interred Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9753 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database