Robert Eugene Geiss

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media-51666.png UPL 51666 2Lt. Robert E Geiss - KIA in the B-24D, BIRMINGHAM BLITZKRIEG. Shot down by an ME-110 fighter plane after a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany, Nov 13 1944

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Object Number - UPL 51666 - 2Lt. Robert E Geiss - KIA in the B-24D, BIRMINGHAM BLITZKRIEG. Shot down by an ME-110 fighter plane after a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany, ...

Lt. Robert Geiss was signed to the 328th Bomb Squadron, the 93rd Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force, USAAF, in the U.K. He was shot down and killed (KIA) with his pilot, Lt. Claude A. Turner and his entire crew in the B-24D, 42-63988, named, Birmingham Blitzkreig. The plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). 13 Nov 43. MACR 2180



Awards: AM, PH.



2Lt Robert E. Geiss :

BIRTH : Jan 20, 1918

DEATH : 13 Nov 1943

BURIAL : Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

PLOT : Tablets of the Missing

MEMORIAL ID : 56289976 · View Source



2Lt. Robert E. Geiss MIA/KIA

Hometown: Kansas Missouri

Squadron: 328th Bomb Squadron - 93rd Bomb Group

Service Number: O-676463

Awards: Air Medal - Purple Heart

Pilot : Lt. Claude A. Turner - Silver Star - MIA - KIA



Target: Bremen, Germany Port Area

Missing Air Crew Report Details

USAAF MACR 2180

Date Lost: 13 Nov 43

Serial Number: 42-63988

Aircraft Model B-24D

Aircraft Letter:

Aircraft Name: Birmingham Blitzkrieg

Location: North Sea

Cause: Shot down - 11 MIA - KIA,

Notes: On this date the the 8th Air Force carried out a raid on Bremen Germany. The 93rd Bomb Group lost 5 of 8 effective ships with over 52 airman unaccounted for - MIA.



None of the crew members from this ship, 42-63988, Birmingham Blitzkrieg, were recovered from this mission. Their names appear on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery. One is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands. Most likely, 42-63988, was lost at sea. 13 Nov 1943

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

B-24 Pilot Lt. Claude Alvin Turner, Command Pilot of the B-24D, 42-40608, the Vulgar Virgin, on the Ploestii bombing mission to destroy the German held oil refineries in Romania. 1 Aug 43. the B-24, 42-40765, Birmingham Blitzkrieg, after a deadly and chaotic mission to Bremen, Germany -  11 KIA  13 Nov 43.  MACR  2180
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665742
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Some of the crew of the Vulgar Virgin
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Vulgar Virgin
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Birmingham Blitzkrieg
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas City MO 20 January 1918 Son of Peter Jacob and Irene F Geiss.

Died

North Sea 13 November 1943 Shot down and killed (KIA) in the B-24, 42-63988, named, 'Birmingham Blitzkreig'. The plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). 13-Nov-43. MACR 2180

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Hardwick 13 November 1943 Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

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ABMC; MACR 2180 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2180 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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