Rufus L. ROBERTS

 

roberts rufus l
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-1169306 ()
AGE29 yo
DATE OF BIRTH13 april 1915
ETATJackson MICHIGAN
FAMILYSingle
RANKFirst Lieutenant
FONCTIONFonction
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTDraftsmenMI
DATE of ENLISTEMENT7 April 1941 Jackson MICHIGAN
BATTALION 56th Field Artillery Battalion 
DIVISION 8th Infantry Division
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATHAugust 9, 1944roberts rufus l tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHPleurtuit - 5 km of DINARD
DATA PLAN 

Piper L-4 - type H-PI CUB - s/n 43-30014 38*N

piper

Mission: Drop of plasma pockets to ground troops

Shots by  flak

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
G34
DECORATION

Air Medal + OLC

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

am olc

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

 

us army div 8 56fab
 

 

On August 8, 1944, the 3rd battalion of the 8th US Infantry Division, under the command of Colonel Eyler, were encircled at the entrance of the town of Pleurtuit, following a German counterattack.
On August 9, he lacks plasma for his wounded, so it was decided to send him by parachute, through two Piper L4 (coded 38) of the observation group of the 56th Field Artillery Battalion.
Nineteen thirty, start of the artillery barrage, companies F and G of the second battalion are preparing, the G on the right, the F on the left.

The Piper arrive above the encirclement zone ten minutes ahead of schedule, dropping medical containers a few meters off the ground. But once the effect of surprise passed, the Germans pull themselves together.
The two planes trying to join the American lines and zigzagging to avoid the German fire collide and fall at the place called "Les Fourneaux" a few tens of meters from the new roundabout of the old railway crossing.
The Germans open a dense fire on the carcasses preventing the approach of any help to pilots and observers.

The 1st lieutenants Gibb Charles, and Schmidt Earl, Fanders Gordon and Roberts Rufus of the 56th Artillery Battalion are killed in this action. (The four men will be buried on August 14 at 12:30 pm at Saint James Cemetery). 

 

Crew of Piper L-4 - type H-PI CUB - s/n 43-30014 38*N

 

2nd Lieutenant Gordon E FANDERS Pilot AC Dead Prairie Home Cem. Diller, NEBRASKA fanders gordon e born in 1919 - Douglas, Nebraska USA
1st Lieutenant Rufus L ROBERTS Observator Field Art Dead Cem Brit Am St-James roberts rufus l O-1169306 - AM+1/PH - born in 1915 - Michigan USA
piper L4

43 30014 stele pleurthuis

Monument in Pleurtuit


SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFindagrave.com - Abmc.gov  Absa3945.com - Aad.archives.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net  - Absa3945.com - Absa3945.comAerosteles.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE
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