Robert Everett Spencer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-48487.png UPL 48487 Page 3 of German report KUJ-716 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131494804 (NARA) with the date of his burial in Florennes as 21 March. Page 2 has 22 March, which seems the correct date.

Object Number - UPL 48487 - Page 3 of German report KUJ-716 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131494804 (NARA) with the date of his burial in Florennes as 21 March. Page 2 has...

Robert Spencer was a Pilot in the 363rd Fighter Group/381st Fighter Squadron. He was flying P-51 Serial #42-102994 on the bomber support mission to Frankfurt on 22 March 1944. His Mustang was last seen between Ostend and Ghent, Belgium. The cause of the loss of his plane is unknown. It crashed near Sart-Saint-Laurent, 12km Southwest of Namur, Belgium. Robert's body was found near the wreckage, his skull fractured. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 363rd Fighter Group 381st Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Memphis, Tennessee, United States 18 October 1920

Enlisted

27 April 1942 Memphis, Tennessee

Other

Killed In Action

Sart-Saint-Laurent, Belgium 20 March 1944 in the crash of his P-51 Mustang #42-102994. His body was found near the crash location, with a fractured skull

Buried

22 March 1944 at the Florennes airfield cemetery
Memphis, Tennessee

Buried

after the war, his remains were brought back to the United States. Robert Spencer rests at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee

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MACR 3076
German report KUJ-716 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131494804

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MACR 3076

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 3076

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MACR 3076 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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