Robert V Gossage
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 26-Feb-43 in B-17F #42-5362 'Short Snorter II' [LL:F], 91BG/401BS while serving as Left Waist Gunner. The aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into North Sea just west of the Frisian Islands while on a mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Short Snorter II
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cook County, Illinois | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, AM Begraafplaats 1, 6269 NA Margraten | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands AMerican Cemetery. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Frisian Islands, 26757 Borkum, Germany | 26 February 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the North Sea just west of the Frisian Islands. His remains have never been recovered. |
Revisions
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 1-Jun-2015. Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Corrected crew position, rank and KIA note per MACR 15712; Edited Summary Biography adding radio call sign, unit assocation, crew position, crash location and target based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Focrces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15712 / MACR 15712, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 80, Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn by Havelaar p. 25 and Roll of Honor Appendix 4 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database