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Robert Joseph SARVIS
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Source : Allen D. Jackson, USAF (Ret) | |||||||
| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | T-223123 | ||||||
| AGE | 27 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4 July 1917 Sarnia, Lambton County, Ontario, CANADA | ||||||
| STATE | Rutherford County TENNESSEE | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Spouse : Juanita Hindman SARVIS Parent : Charles Fremont & Josephine Mary (Abraham) SARVIS | ||||||
| RANK | Flight/Officer | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
| JOB before ENLISTEMENT |  | ||||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 17 décembre 1943 | ||||||
| REGIMENT SQUADRON | 576th Squadron | ||||||
| DIVISION GROUP | 12th Replacement Depot | ||||||
| ARMY | Royal Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 25 july 1944 |
Source : F Lavernhe | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Carquebut - Carentan | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
Avro Lancaster - type B I/B III - s/n PB265 UL-V2
Macr: 9741 Take-Off: 21h08 le 24 july de Elsham Wold, Lincolnshire UK Mission: Stuttgart Touched to 9500 feet per hunter to Orleans (45) 01:00 - An evacuation order was given - Only the mechanic evacuate to 8500 feet - The plane continues to Normandy and a new evacuation order is given to Carentan after the aircraft was hit by flak either DCA or US - The machine crashes and burns The wreck was out in 1990 with the help of a crane | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMETERY TEMPORARY of Blosville N°3508
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville | ||||||
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| DECORATION |
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Robert's entire crew is made up of Royal and Royal Canadian Air Force Airmen Source : Allen D. Jackson, USAF (Ret) |
Source : Allen D. Jackson, USAF (Ret) | ||||||
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| Monument in honor of Robert J SARVIS in Carquebut | |||||||
Equipage de l'Avro Lancaster - type B I/B III - s/n PB265 UL-V2Equipage de la Royal Air Force |
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| Flight/Officer | Robert J SARVIS | Pilot | USAAF | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | |
| Sergeant | Alexander BALFOUR | Mechanic | Royal Air Force | Escaped | Would have evacuated at the height of Orleans (45) - Collected by Mr Bernardeau from Saint-Denis-en-Val (45) and joined the Freteval camp (41) until the Liberation |
| Sergeant | Robert T GORDON | Navigator | Royal Canadienne Air Force | Escaped | Injured in one foot by the explosion of a bomb at the time of the jump |
| Sergeant | John Morrison "Jackie" WEIR | Bomber | Royal Air Force | Escaped | |
| Sergeant | Jack COATES | Radio | Royal Air Force | Escaped | |
| Sergeant | E REED | Gunner | Royal Air Force | Escaped | Injured by the explosion of a bomb at the time of the jump |
| Sergeant | T A "Tom" CLARK | Gunner | Royal Canadienne Air Force | Escaped | Injured by the explosion of a bomb at the time of the jump and hospitalized at the Carentan Hospital |
& de la Royal Canadienne Air Force 
| INFORMATION SOURCES | Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov - Jacques TORRES |
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| PICTURE SOURCE | Frédéric LAVERNHE |
| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |
Votre page mentionne la date du 27 juillet comme décès de Robert J SARVIS.
Or, d'après les documents que je vous ai fournis, sa dernière mission a commence le 24 juillet 1944 et son avion s'est crashé à CARQUEBUT, le 25 juillet 1944, après 01 h
Bien à vous..