Robert L Selin

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-48725.png UPL 48725 F/O Robert L. Selin
445th Bomb Group
700th Bomb Squadron
DOB: 28 Sept 1924 // KIA 24 Mar 1945

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Object Number - UPL 48725 - F/O Robert L. Selin 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron DOB: 28 Sept 1924 // KIA 24 Mar 1945

Killed in Action (KIA) on 24 March 1945 in B-24 #42-50620

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sparks, Nevada 28 September 1924

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Wesel, Germany 24 March 1945

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Remains discovered at crash site by German civilian in October, 1952. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46901008/robert-l.-selin

Enlisted

Revisions

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Update

Date
ContributorRRC
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MACR 13545 // Reno-Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV), 19 Sept 1944 // Nevada State Journal (Reno, NV), 14 Mar 1945 // Reno-Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV), 3 Mar 1954

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Birsic, MACR 13545, 2AD Honor Roll / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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