Robert Vernon Shuss
MilitaryAssigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bernburg in B-17 42-31612 22-Feb-44; shot down by flak, crew baled out and pilot made a wheels up landing near Aachen. Suffered chest wound from flak. Baled out. Died on ground from wounds. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2657
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36159440 / O-803734
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 9C
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mahoffey, Pennsylvania, USA | 1 June 1916 | Son of Vernon I and Francis E Shuss. |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 20 May 1941 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bad Sulza, Germany | 22 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag IXc. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
14 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
11 July 1977 | Killed in an auto accident with his sister M. Grace Shuss Price. | |
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Buried |
Mahaffey Cemetery Mahaffey, Clearfield County, PA | 14 July 1977 | Mahaffey Cemetery Mahaffey, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania |
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Based |
Polebrook | 22 February 1944 | Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177797778/robert-v-shuss
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2657 / MACR 2657, Losses of teh 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database