Robert Earl Longstreth
Military
Object Number - UPL 42021 - "1st Lt. Robert E. Longstreth, Los Angeles, Calif. After being awarded the Air Medal, is congratulated by Brig. General Patrick Timberlake, 9th Air...
Assigned to 515BS, 376BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Messina, Sicily, 30-Apr-43; Flak took out No.3 engine and port flaps, fell away from formation being harried by several Me-109's, ditched in sea. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3305
Awards: DFC, SS, AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 515th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18042876 / O-435808
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wittle Wed Wabbit
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 515th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Berka, al Birkah
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Nevada, MO | 13 May 1919 | Son of Bruce R and Florence [DeGood] Longstreth. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 10 November 1941 | Los Angeles, California |
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Died |
Vicinity of Messina, Sicily | 30 April 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Messina, Sicily, 30-Apr-43; Flak took out No.3 engine and port flaps, fell away from formation being harried by several Me-109's, ditched in sea. KIA MACR 3305 |
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Buried |
North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery Memorial Country Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia | |
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Based |
Berca | 30 April 1943 | Assigned to 515BS, 376BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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