Robert Theis
MilitaryAssigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF. Bombardier 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
Later on 9-Oct-43 on mission to bomb Danzig U-Boat production in B-24 42-40610 'Satan's Sister' A/C took flak hits, lost engine on return, diverting to Sweden. A/C Belly landed in Rinkaby airfield, Sweden. Interned.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14062177 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Sister
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
12 April 1918 | ||
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Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. |
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Other Interned (INT) |
291 76 Rinkaby, Sweden | 9 October 1943 | 9-Oct-43 on mission to bomb Danzig U-Boat production in B-24 42-40610 'Satan's Sister' A/C took flak hits, lost engine on return, diverting to Sweden. A/C Belly landed in Rinkaby airfield, Sweden. Interned. |
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Died |
16 February 1987 | ||
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Buried |
Davids Cemetery Kettering, Montgomery County, OH | 19 February 1987 | Davids Cemetery Kettering, Montgomery County, Ohio |
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Based Assigned |
Benina | Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 830 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database