Elizabeth K Henon and Justin Guy Ammon
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(INFORMATION FOUND AT WWW.B24.net ) Radio Operator Staff/Sgt Robert H Ammon was assigned to a crew for a B-24. In England they were part of the 8th Air Force, 392nd Bomb Group, 577th Squadron and flew 12 successful bombing missions including the D-Day Invasion. On their 13th mission June 23, 1944, flying Lead Plane ( With extra men in the crew),"the aircraft took a direct hit by flak in #3 engine and the bomb bay, at the target. The plane immediately went into a dive, then pulled up slightly, rolled over and went out of control. They were shot down over enemy occupied, Laon, France. (5) chutes were seen." 2 of 24 planes were lost. Ammon was one of the 4 crew members found perished at the plane. He and Lt Birnbaum and Sgt Tremlett were buried together by the French. Family requested they be returned to the US and they are buried at Woodlawn. MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #06215 AIRCRAFT: #42-95027 (NO NICKNAME) "B-PIus" 17th Mission (It was the Plane's 17th mission)
AIRCREW: WHITTEMORE (CA: GRAPER) * SQUADRON: 577th
CREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:
P (C)CAPT Graper, Melvin H. KIA
P 1/LT Whittemore, Warren T. POW
CP 2/LT Ackerman, James M. POW
N 2/LT Rich, Clarence B. EVD
B 2/LT Issenberg, Milton POW
NG/N 2/LT Birnbaum, Standford I. KIA
R/O S/S Ammon, Robert H. KIA
EnG T/S Peterson, Carl L. KIA
WG S/S Altemus, Charles V. POW
WG S/S Lampe, Maurice POW
TG S/S Tremlett, Robert S. KIA
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Elizabeth K Henon and Justin Guy Ammon
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(INFORMATION FOUND AT WWW.B24.net ) Radio Operator Staff/Sgt Robert H Ammon was assigned to a crew for a B-24. In England they were part of the 8th Air Force, 392nd Bomb Group, 577th Squadron and flew 12 successful bombing missions including the D-Day Invasion. On their 13th mission June 23, 1944, flying Lead Plane ( With extra men in the crew),"the aircraft took a direct hit by flak in #3 engine and the bomb bay, at the target. The plane immediately went into a dive, then pulled up slightly, rolled over and went out of control. They were shot down over enemy occupied, Laon, France. (5) chutes were seen." 2 of 24 planes were lost. Ammon was one of the 4 crew members found perished at the plane. He and Lt Birnbaum and Sgt Tremlett were buried together by the French. Family requested they be returned to the US and they are buried at Woodlawn. MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #06215 AIRCRAFT: #42-95027 (NO NICKNAME) "B-PIus" 17th Mission (It was the Plane's 17th mission)
AIRCREW: WHITTEMORE (CA: GRAPER) * SQUADRON: 577th
CREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:
P (C)CAPT Graper, Melvin H. KIA
P 1/LT Whittemore, Warren T. POW
CP 2/LT Ackerman, James M. POW
N 2/LT Rich, Clarence B. EVD
B 2/LT Issenberg, Milton POW
NG/N 2/LT Birnbaum, Standford I. KIA
R/O S/S Ammon, Robert H. KIA
EnG T/S Peterson, Carl L. KIA
WG S/S Altemus, Charles V. POW
WG S/S Lampe, Maurice POW
TG S/S Tremlett, Robert S. KIA
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