Robert J Gleason
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 17861 - SGT Robert J (Bob) Gleason - SN 13049367
Shot down by fighters after falling out of formation and crashed near Eisenbach, GR on a mission to an a/c factory at Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24D 41-24225 'Flak Alley'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2922
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Flak Alley
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 February 1944
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Washington, DC | 9 January 1942 | Washington, District Of Columbia |
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Died |
Eisenbach, Germany | 24 February 1944 | Shot down by fighters after falling out of formation and crashed near Eisenbach, GR on a mission to an a/c factory at Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24D 41-24225 'Flak Alley'. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
23 September 1952 | Grave 4507 Section 34 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. Buried w/2nd LT James L. King | |
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Born |
Scranton, PA, USA | Son of Thomas and Jane Gleason. | |
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Killed in Action (KIA) |
Washington, DC, USA | Washington, DC, USA. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2922 / MACR 2922, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
