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Personal info

Full name
WYLIE, Robert Sayre
Date of birth
5 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Stuart, Adair County, Iowa
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
O-751224
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
401st Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 May 1944
Place of death
Hennigsdorf, Northwest of Berlin, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 11 19

Immediate family

Members
Paul E. Wylie (father)
Mary A. (Sayre) Wylie (mother)
Helen C. Wylie (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97455
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: The Keystone Mama
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 4829

More information

1st Lt Robert S. Wylie enlisted on 14 March 1941 at Los Angeles, California. He attended college and was a clerk at Title Guarantee And Trust Company.

The aircraft took a flak hit in the right wing which broke off at #4 engine.

Eight crew members were killed. They were first buried at the Memorial Cemetery at Elsgrund-Döbertitz on 24 May 1944. Between 30 November and 7 December their remains were disinterred and evacuated to Ardennes.

1 crew member, the co-pilot, Joseph J. Kozina, was taken prisoner.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census, www.8thafhs.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Hudson Louis