Robert G Williams Jr

Military

In B-17G #43-37829. T/O Deopham on 28 Sept44, target Merseburg, GE; hit by flak in the T/A losing engines No. 1 and 2. At the German-Luxembourg border, lost engine no. 3. Crew of nine were all RTD. Crashed on 11/9/44 in to channel in B-17 #43-37833, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Uninvited II
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Remington, Indiana

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10347