Ralph G Robeson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40746.jpeg UPL 40746 Screw Ball DS-S 42-5824 Standing1LT Elmer J Nardi 28 Healdsburg,CA pilot,"Little Elmer"2Lt Bradley E, Squires jr,25 Bellevue PA. bombardier,"Squeegee".TSgt Ganusheau S Wade, 25 Mt olive, MS. radio operator "The Bitcher",TSgt Frank Swica, 27 Export PA ,engineer and top gunner. "Switcher";SSgt Don D Happold,20 Wakonda,SD. left waist gunner,"Happy Hap"SSgt Henry C. Gates ,22,spencer ,LA.tail gunner"Farmer Gates",2nd lt Orlyn Master,23,Kewanna, IN.,navigator"Gomer",2lt Harold E. Bergman.23 Ellendale,ND, co-pilot, "YO-YO",.SSgt John J Yarush,19, Stoughton, MA. right waist gunner ,"Irish",SSgt. Ralph Robeson , 23, Boston,MA, a substitute with crew, "Pappy" ,SSgt Harlon D. Burton,22, Sedalia,MO, ball-turret gunner , "Tail End"

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Object Number - UPL 40746 - Screw Ball DS-S 42-5824 Standing1LT Elmer J Nardi 28 Healdsburg,CA pilot,"Little Elmer"2Lt Bradley E, Squires jr,25 Bellevue PA....

Killed in Action (KIA). Target assigned, Frankfurt. Shot down by flak on return and crashed in the mouth of the River Scheldt, about 2 miles SE of Flusing, Holland. The body of S/Sergeant Burgess was washed up on the 19 Oct 43 near Flusing. S/Sergeant Towsley's body was also recovered. Remaining 8 are listed on WOM Netherlands Cemetery Plane was Minor Ball #42-5807

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Spitball
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gremlin's Delight
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Foul Ball
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Minor Ball
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

4 October 1943

Born

Buried

Memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 4 October 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 910 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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