VANDERSTRAETEN R M - 526 BS 379 BG


 

Robert M VANDERSTRAETEN

 

vanderstraeten robert

Source :

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER36358260
AGE30 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1913
STATECook County ILLINOIS
FAMILYMarried
RANKSergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB before ENLISTEMENTJanitors and sextonsILLINOIS
DATE of ENLISTEMENT9 july 1942 Chicago ILLINOIS
SQUADRON526th Bomb Squadron
GROUP379th Bomb Group
ARMY8th Air Force
DATE OF DEATH29 may 1943vanderstraeten robert tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHLieu-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"

b17
Macr: 1370
Mission: St-Nazaire (44)
Take Off: Kimbolton, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Defeated by the flak and hunters at 17:12

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville

Map Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
D521
DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 Air-Force Gunner Wings, Bombardier

 

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 Aerial Gunner Badge
us army8AIRFORCE379bg526bs
 

Equipage 42 29773 stele

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"
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
b 17

INFORMATION SOURCESFrancecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov
PICTURE SOURCEAerosteles.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE
PROGRAMMERFrédéric & Renaud
Partagez moi ...