Military
Killed in Action (KIA). May 17, 1943, in B26 41-17982 on mission to a power station in Holland, plane hit by flak and crashed in sand dunes west of Rozenburg, Holland. 3 Killed in Action (KIA) and 3 Prisoner of War (POW). See Pilot Robert Stillman's page for details.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator; Bombardier | 322nd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA). May 17, 1943, in B26 41-17982 on mission to a power station in Holland, plane hit by flak and crashed in sand dunes west of Rozenburg, Holland. 3 Killed in Action (KIA) and 3 Prisoner of War (POW). See Pilot Robert Stillman's...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Engineer | 322nd Bomb Group
Morgan Freeman was Engineer/Gunner on B26 41-17982 on the 17 May 1943 mission to a power station in Holland, plane hit by flak and crashed in sand dunes west of Rozenburg, Holland. 3 Killed in Action (KIA) and 3 Prisoner of War (POW). He was one of the...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 322nd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA). May 17, 1943, in B26 41-17982 on mission to a power station in Holland, plane hit by flak and crashed in sand dunes west of Rozenburg, Holland. 3 Killed in Action (KIA) and 3 Prisoner of War (POW). See Pilot Robert Stillman's...
Military | Major General | Pilot; Commanding Officer | 322nd Bomb Group
Robert Stillman from High School at Pueblo, Colorado in 1929 and attended Colorado College in Colorado Springs for 2 years. Graduating from the US Military Academy on 12 June 1935, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. He soon...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator/Gunner | 322nd Bomb Group
Clyde Willis was Radio Operator/Gunner on B26 41-17982 on the 17 May 1943 mission to a power station in Holland, plane hit by flak and crashed in sand dunes west of Rozenburg, Holland. 3 Killed in Action (KIA) and 3 Prisoner of War (POW). He was one of...
Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth...
Squadron
B-26 Marauder
B-26B 41-27982 was shot down by AA fire on 17-May-1943 while on a mission to bomb a power station at Ilmuiden, Holland. The aircraft crashed into the sand dunes at Rozenburg, Holland. 3KIA, 3POW. MACR 15539.
17 May 1943
VIII Bomber Command launches another operation against German U-Boat facilities with three elements. The first element is a formation of 100 B-17s despatched from: 91BG (24); 92BG (10); 303BG (21); 305BG (21) and 306BG (24) to attack the German U-Boat...
Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
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| Born | Louisiana, USA | 9 September 1921 |
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Louisiana, USA |
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| Died | west of Rozenburg, The Netherlands | 17 May 1943 |
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in the crash of B-26 Serial 41-17982 |
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| Lived in | Port Barre, St Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States | |
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Plot H, Row 9, Grave 10 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 January 2020 04:22:40 | jmoore43 | Changes to events |
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Added cemetery info to the Buried event and added a Birth event per Find-a-grave MEMORIAL ID 56303079. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 12 December 2017 15:51:07 | ED-BB | Changes to biography, awards, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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MACR 15539 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:08:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 125, MACR 15539, ABMC |
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