Robert Smith ENGLISH
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| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | O-438025 (18041200) | |||||
| AGE | 22 yo | |||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15 april 1920 | |||||
| STATE | Houston County TEXAS | |||||
| FAMILY | Parent: Nannie (SMITH) & W R ENGLISH | |||||
| RANK | 1st Lieutenant | |||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | |||||
| JOB before ENLISTEMENT | Actors and actresses |  | ||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 14 july 1941 Dallas TEXAS | |||||
| SQUADRON | 401st Bomb Squadron | |||||
| GROUP | 91st Bomb Group | |||||
| ARMY | 8th Air Force | |||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 20 december 1942 |  | ||||
| STATUS | MIA | |||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Near the Bergeries farm - Commune d'Orgeval | |||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type F-10-BO - s/n 41-24452 LL*E
Mission: Aerodrome of Romilly-sur-Seine (10) (mission 26) | |||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville | |||||
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Stele in memory of the crew in Orgeval
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-10-BO - s/n 41-24452 LL*E |
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| 1st Lieutenant | Robert Smith ENGLISH | Pilot | Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer |
| 1st Lieutenant | Charles E MENDEL | CoPilot | Prisoner - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 |
| T/Sergeant | James C TYLER | Radio | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf |
| 1st Lieutenant | Robert Ray BRUNN | Navigator | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria |
| 1st Lieutenant | Spalding B ANDERSON | Bomber | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria |
| T/Sergeant | Allan W HAYNES | Mechanic/Gunner | Dead Cim Am Epinal - Done Prisoner, dies on 04/01/1943 Luftwaffe Lazaret Paris |
| S/Sergeant | Ralph R J TOMEK | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 2B Hammerstein |
| Sergeant | Steve STEFULA | Gunner | Dead Cim Am Epinal - Done Prisoner, dies on 04/01/1943 Luftwaffe Lazaret Paris |
| S/Sergeant | Raymond A SLOMINSKI | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf |
| Sergeant | Vincent J JACOBY | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf |
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| INFORMATION SOURCES | Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov |
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| PICTURE SOURCE | Frédéric LAVERNHE - Findagrave.com - Aerosteles.net |
| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |