Robert Patrick Deering
Military ROLL OF HONOURPilot, Deering crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by fighters on a mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-31047 'Wolverine'. MACR 2243. Aircraft exploded. Killed in Action (KIA). Buried by the Germans in the Ottbergen Cemetery. Reinterred in the Netherlands AMC.
Denver , CO
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681487
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
5 November 1943 - 30 January 1944 | ||
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Other Killed in Action |
Germany | 30 January 1944 | |
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Buried |
Ottbergen, 37671 Höxter, Germany | 31 January 1944 | |
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Born |
Denver, Colorado, USA | ||
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Buried |
Plot D Row 10 Grave 11 |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 2243, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2243 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database