Robert Hamilton Sangster Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: Lt George V Stallings, 1Lt Keith O Bartlett, Lewis E Lyle, Lt Milton S Fonorow, 1Lt Samuel H Anderson, Capt Percy C Young.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Clayton S Balcombe, T/Sgt Gene K Smith, T/Sgt Frederick A Hartung, S/Sgt Tom McGiffin, S/Sgt Edward A Bradford, S/Sgt Robert H Sangster, T/Sgt Woodrow W Smith.
6-Mar-42 Assigned as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F #41-24559 [PU-C] "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "Ooold Soljer"
31-Mar-43 Killed on Mission (KOM) while serving as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F #41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS when the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-17F #42-29573 "Two Beauts", 303BG/358BS. This occured less than an hour from takeoff in 10/10 cloud cover. The planes crashed at Mears Ashby and 303rd reports a memorial to the two crews is there. #41-24559 8KOM 1BO/WIA 1BO/RTD. #42-29573 7KIA 2BO/WIA 1BO/RTD
Participated in 14 Operations (2 were Aborted) See Biography events.
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Units served with
People
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 February 1943
- Date: 2 February 1943
- Date: 27 January 1943
- Date: 23 January 1943
- Date: 13 January 1943
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vienna, Dooly County, GA | 11 September 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Fort Benning, GA | 20 March 1941 | Fort Benning, Georgia |
Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 6 March 1942 | Assigned as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
Other Mission #1, SGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, SGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, SGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #4, SGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #5, SGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #6, SGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Other Promoted in Rank |
25 January 1943 | Promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant. | |
Other Mission #7, SSGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 27 January 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the naval facilities and U-Boat pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #8, SSGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Hamm, Germany | 2 February 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #9, SSGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Osnabrück, Germany | 4 February 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the industrial areas of Osnabruck, Germany, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #10, SSGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Rouen, France | 12 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #11, SSGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Amiens, France | 13 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Ameins, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #12, SSGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 22 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the naval facilities and U-Boat pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #13, SSGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Rouen, France | 28 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #14, SSGT Robert H. Sangster, W/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS - KOM |
Rotterdam, Netherlands | 31 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the shipyards at Rotterdam, Holland. The aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with anothre B-17 of 358BS during assemply. He was killed in the crash. KOM |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 16 October 2042 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS. |
Buried Buried |
Andersonville National Cemetery,Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, GA | Remains repatriated to Georgia. Andersonville National Cemetery Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 6-Mar-2016. Added Burial event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 6-Mar-2016. Added Mission #14 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 31-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/027.pdf
Lee Cunningham 6-Mar-2016. Added Mission #13 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 28-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/026.pdf
Lee Cunningham 6-Mar-2016. Added Mission #12 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/025.pdf
Lee Cunningham 6-Mar-2016. Added Mission #11 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 1\3-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/023.pdf
Lee Cunningham 6-Mar-2016. Added Promoted in Rank event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Added Mission #10 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Hisotiran, Mission Report of 12-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/022.pdf
Lee Cunningham 6-Mar-2016. Made connections to Missions of 12-Mar-43, 13-Mar-43, 22-Mar-43, 28-Mar-43 and 31-Mar-43 per 303BG webiste, Gary Monucr, Historian, Mission Reports of dates stated: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Added Mission #9 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Hisotiran, Mission Report of 4-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/014.pdf
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Added Mission #8 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Hisotiran, Mission Report of 2-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/013.pdf
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Added Mission #7 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Hisotiran, Mission Report of 27-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/012.pdf
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Made connections to Missions of 27-Jan-43, 2-Feb-43 and 4-Feb-43 per 303BG records: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 3-Feb-2016. Added Mission #6 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Hisotiran, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 3-Feb-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Hisotiran, Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 3-Feb-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Hisotiran, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 3-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Hisotiran, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 3-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Hisotiran, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 3-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303bG website, Gary Moncur, Hisotiran, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 3-Feb-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Lewis E. Lyle crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-lyle.html
Lee Cunningham 3-Feb-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Lewis E. Lyle crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-lyle.html
Lee Cunningham 3-Feb-2016. Added initial asssignment, arrival in UK, and edtied mid-air collision event in Summary Biography; made connections to Place, Aircraft (through 23-Jan-43), Missions (through 23-Jan-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Lewis E. Lyle crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-lyle.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 94, 303rd web site, ABMC web site