Robert H Fountain

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media-22829.jpeg UPL 22829 SSGT Robert H. Fountain
Ball Turret Gunner
Crew #617 - William C. Foushee Crew
KIA 11 April 1944

Object Number - UPL 22829 - SSGT Robert H. Fountain Ball Turret Gunner Crew #617 - William C. Foushee Crew KIA 11 April 1944

Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-24 #4129423 'The Fan Dancer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-687576
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fan Dancer
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Delphi, Indiana 21 June 1924

Enlisted

Indianapolis, IN, USA 7 January 1943

Died

near Steinhuder Meer, 31515 Wunstorf, Germany 11 April 1944 Staff Sergeant Robert H. Fountain, 19, waist gunner on a Liberator has been missing in action over Germany since April 11th, according to word received Friday morning by the youth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fountain of near Delphi. Sgt. Fountain had been overseas since February and had been the member of a Liberator crew based in England. He had taken part in innumerable raids over Germany during the past few weeks including many of the large scale bombing attacks. Entering service January, 1943, Fountain was sent to Fort Harrison and from there went to Amarillo, Texas, where he attended a school for aircraft mechanics. Later he was sent to a gunnery school at Kingman, Arizona and to Salt Lake City, Utah, for further training. He was home in October on furlough from the Utah post. The young soldier was assigned to a crew at Davis-Monthan field, Tucson, Arizona, and he was trained as crew engineer and gunner at Alamogordo, New Mexico. He attended the Pittsburg school and was graduated from the Delphi high school, class of 1942. While a student here, he was active in work of the Future Famers of America and in 4-H club work having shown champion livestock at the state fair and in other exhibits. He won a letter in track while a Delphi high school student. The youth was a member of the Delphi Presbyterian church. Sgt. Fountain has a brother, Edgar, at home, and a sister, Martha, a freshman in Hanover college. Article taken from The Delphi Citizen, Thursday, May 4, 1944

Buried

Carroll County, IN, USA Pleasant Run Cemetery Pittsburg Carroll County Indiana, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3797

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