Robert H Fountain
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 22829
SSGT Robert H. Fountain
Ball Turret Gunner
Crew #617 - William C. Foushee Crew
KIA 11 April 1944
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3797