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CLAUSEN, Robert Leslie - Date of
birth
15 December 1918 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska -
Hometown
Douglas County, Nebraska
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-729606 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 May 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, north of Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Bertel N. Clausen (mother)
Daisy E. (Philips) Clausen (mother)
Madge M. Clausen (stepsister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-29806 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 16018
More information
Robert Clausen graduated from Central High School in Omaha and attended Omaha University. He was employed as an assistant buyer at the Miller Cereal mills.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Fort Crook, Nebraska on 5 January 1942.
At the target intense flak and heavy fighter opposition caused considerable damage to many aircraft in the formation. This aircraft was hit by flak and was last seen on the return trip over the North Sea, in trouble but under control, losing altitude and straggling behind the formation.
It ditched in the sea. Five crew members survived and were taken prisoner, five men were killed.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Serena Cloos/1936 yearbook