Robert M Paster

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G 42-39996 'Boston Bombshell' while serving as Tail Gunner. Aircraft shot down by fighters and crashed near Marzhausen/Hebenshausen, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).

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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: Boston Bombshell
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Hebenshausen, 37249 Neu-Eichenberg, Germany 16 August 1944 Killed when aircaft was shot fown by German fighters and crashed near Marzhausen/Hebenshausen, Germany

Born

Maple Hgts, Ohio

Buried

Neupré, Belgium Orginally buried by the Germans in the cemetery of Hebenshausen, Germany. After the war his remains were recovered and re-interred in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot D, Row 5, Grave 13.

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Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 8179 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 17-Dec-2014. Added SN, KIA event and BS association per MACR 8179. Added Burial event and decoration per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) reocrd, crafted biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE; BS association of this crew member based on MACR 8179 while BS association of aircraft is based on Roger A. Freeman, David Osborne and Bihop & Hey. COMBINATION of data from duplicate entry. Place of Birth in this record is taken as correct (See original sources of data ingest below).

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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 / MACR 8179