Robert J Larson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17F #41-24512 'Rose O' Day', 91BG/322BS while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. The aircraft was attacked repeatedly by German fighter and was seen to have the #2 engine on fire. The surviving crew were ordered to bale out over the southern tip of Texal Island, Holland, but most came down in the sea and were lost. The aircraft crashed into the North Sea just west of the southern tip of Texel Island, Holland.



Air Medal, Purple Heart

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rose ODay
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Texel, Netherlands 4 March 1943 Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the North Sea just west of the tip of Texel Island, Holland.

Born

Hennepin County, Minn

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge AMerican Cemetery.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "North" was misspelled.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 24-Jun-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event per MACR 3721; Edited SUmmay Biography with loss detail and converted dates to military-style signification per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, pp. 87-88, MACR 3721, ABMC web site, NARA listing