Robert M VANDERSTRAETEN
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ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 36358260 | ||||||
AGE | 30 yo | ||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 1913 | ||||||
STATE | Cook County ILLINOIS | ||||||
FAMILY | Married | ||||||
RANK | Sergeant | ||||||
FONCTION | Gunner | ||||||
JOB before ENLISTEMENT | Janitors and sextons | ||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 9 july 1942 Chicago ILLINOIS | ||||||
SQUADRON | 526th Bomb Squadron | ||||||
GROUP | 379th Bomb Group | ||||||
ARMY | 8th Air Force | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 29 may 1943 | ||||||
STATUS | KIA | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Lieu-dit Kerdavid - Commune Crac'h - MORBIHAN | ||||||
DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type F-70-BO - s/n 42-29773 LF*F "Up And At Them"
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CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville | ||||||
GRAVE |
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DECORATION |
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Stele in memory of the crew of the B 17 to KERDAVID |
Crew of the B-17 Fortress - type F-70-BO - s/n 42-29773 LF*F"Up And At Them" |
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Captain | John O HALL | Pilot | Prisoner - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 | |
1st Lieutenant | Willard S THOMAS | Pilot | Prisoner - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 | |
2nd Lieutenant | James M GRIFFITH | Bomber | Prisoner -Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia | |
2nd Lieutenant | William J KOVES | Navigator | Prisoner - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 | |
S/Sergeant | Michael H BELOCK | Mecanic/Gunner | Dead | |
T/Sergeant | Frank A ADRICK | Radio | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | |
S/Sergeant | Clarence E Jr GALLAMORE | Gunner | Dead | |
S/Sergeant | George Franklin HAGUE | Gunner | Dead - Pecan Grove Cem. McKinney, TEXAS | |
Sergeant | Robert M VANDERSTRAETEN | Gunner | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | |
Sergeant | Robert George KUEHL | Gunner | Dead - Lutheran Cem. Watertown, WISCONSIN | |
INFORMATION SOURCES | Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov |
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PICTURE SOURCE | Aerosteles.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |