Robert R. HESSER

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICEO-693041
AGE-- yo
DATE OF BIRTH--
ETATMinneapolis MINNESOTA
FAMILYHusband of Mary Jane
RANKFirst Lieutenant
FONCTIONCo Pilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT-MN
DATE of ENLISTEMENT-
 SQUADRON599th Bomb Squadron
 GROUP397th Bomb Group Medium
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH9 august 1944hesser robert r mur
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHCourtalain - CHÂTEAUDUN
DATA PLAN

 B-26 Marauder - type F-1-MA - s/n 42-96289 6B*F

B26 MARAUDER
Macr: 7788
Mission: Bridge attack - Pontoise (95)
Take off at 11:45 am station 492 Hurn, Hampshire
Shot by the flak

Attempted crash-landing but landed in an orchard - The plane caught fire -

The pilot, the co-pilot and the bomber are killed - 1:45 pm

 
CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
Wall of Missing
DECORATION

Air Medal + 6 OLC

Purple Heart

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Photo FDLM

 

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STORY
 hesser robert r 

Equipage du B-26 Marauder - type F-1-MA - s/n 42-96289 6B*F

1st  Lieutenant Jerome M GROSS Pilolt Dead Fort Snelling Nat Cem. Minneapolis, Minesota 

O-806060 - 21 ans - Né le 12/12/1922 -

Epoux de Helen L Gross, Chisholm, MINNESOTA 

1st  Lieutenant Robert R HESSER CoPilot Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 

O-693041 - AM+6 - Epoux de Mary Jane Hesser

 

Serait mort pendant son transfert à l'hopital de Chartres (28)

le 10/08/1944

Sergeant Vincent J SERIO Bomber Dead Queen of Heaven Cath Cem. Hillside, Illinois

36648045 - Fils de Frank et Lucy Serio, Chicago, ILLINOIS 

Aurait été tué par les allemands - Corps transféré en 1949

T/Sergeant Richard V PASS

Radio

Gunner

Prisonner  

15334173 - AM/PH - Né le 09/05/1910 -

Injured in the crash - Hospitalized at La Pitié in Paris and released by the FFI-

Come back in UK 30/08/1944 

S/Sergeant John N Jr DEEMS Gunner Prisonner  

33675406 - AM+4/PH - Né le 08/01/1925 -

Son of Margaret S Deems, Coal Center, PENNSYLVANIA  

Injured in the crash (Spine) -

Hospitalized at La Pitié in Paris and released by the FFI

S/Sergeant Kenneth S STILES

Mechanic

Gunner

Prisonner  

  AM+1 (40 missions) - Né le 31/07/1922 -

Fils de Gertrude E Stiles, Moore, TEXAS  

Injured in the crash

Hospitalized at La Pitié in Paris and released by the FFI

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B 26 Marauder in flight


SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Facebook.com - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries
PROGRAMMERFrédéric & Renaud
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