Robert Edwin Stump

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-6714.jpeg UPL 6714 Aircraft: B-17F-BO (Training)
Photo taken at Rapid City Army Air Force Base, South Dakota 1943,
Prior to Deploying to Framlingham England as a Replacement Crew assigned to the 390th Heavy Bombardment Group 570Th Squadron .
Robert E. Stump is Front Row Far right
Top Row L-R
Lt George Rains. Lt Robert C Allphin. Lt Harry R Armstrong, Lt Marion A Louis,
Bottom Row L-R
Sgt Edmund R Gabel. Sgt Anthony E Dente. S/Sgt James R Mize Sgt Patrick P Cestaro. Sgt Burleigh G Clayton. Sgt Robert E Stump

Removed associations not depicted in the image. Associations made in the PERSON record of Robert E. Stump.

Object Number - UPL 6714 - Aircraft: B-17F-BO (Training) Photo taken at Rapid City Army Air Force Base, South Dakota 1943, Prior to Deploying to Framlingham England as a...

Shot down by fighters after leaving the formation due to engine problems and crashed SW of Sedan, Germany on a mission to Regensburg, Germany on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-37880 'Liberty Belle'. Killed in Action..



Crew Number 42

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Flak Hack 8". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 21 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289357.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘THE FORTRESSES GO OUT AGAIN. US bombers day raid on German works. A Brilliant series of pictures secured by our cameraman when the USAAF kept up the offensive from an English base against a factory in western Germany, they had a
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Eight Ball : 8 Ball : Flak Hack
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron 571st Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group take off their flight gear after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Cabin in the Sky". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289794.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘THE FORTRESSES KEEP UP THE ATTACK. EH/MoH. In spite of all weathers, the Flying Fortress of the 8th A.F. Bomber Command keep up their attacks on important targets over Germany and other enemy occupied countries.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cabin in the Sky Rough Group Dorothy Dee
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Egg
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Bell-e
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Skillet

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Events

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Born

18 November 1924 1st son of his parents

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

25 February 1944 Cerisier, Poix Terron, France

Buried

9 May 1950 Re-Entered From WWII Cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg, Common Grave With other Brothers In Arms, Cestaro, Clayton & Gabel  

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Updated 2-27-2021

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Birth Record

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2658 / MACR 2658, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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