Robert Donald Erisch
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 7-Jun-44 mission in B-24 ; enemy intruder A/C followed bomber stream back to base, shooting down A/C. Crashed off base near Wetheringstell, Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sweet Sioux
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cleveland, OH | 30 June 1922 | Son of Otto G and Elsie F Erisch. |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | 15 December 1942 | Detroit Michigan |
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Died |
7 June 1944 | ||
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Buried |
8 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK. | |
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Buried |
Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, Clinton Township, MI | Re-Interred Cadillac Memorial Gardens East Clinton Township, Macomb County, MI | |
| Macomb County, MI |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province,Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 3 by Bishop & Hey p. 344