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Personal info

Full name
MUNSON, Robert Baker Jr
Date of birth
13 December 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Hill City, Graham County, Kansas
Hometown
Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
17092179
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Engineer / Gunner
Unit
450th Bombardment Squadron,
322nd Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
South of Bonefeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 1 3

Immediate family

Members
Robert B. Munson (father)
Hope D. (Jones) Munson (mother)
Mary J. Munson (sister)
Richard Munson (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-68100
Data
Type: B-26-G20-MA
Destination: Not available
Mission: Not available
MACR: 13096

More information

Robert B. Munson, Jr. graduated from Boulder High school in 1941. He attended college for a year before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Pueblo, Colorado on 14 December 1942.

The aircraft received a direct flak hit in the cockpit and was seen to crash and explode one mile south of Bonefeld, Germany. One parachute was observed to come out of the waist window.

Five crew members were killed, one man survived and was taken prisoner.

The picture was taken in high school in 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census / Family trees, WWII Draft Cards; The Daily Sentinel - 30 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Bolder High School yearbook 1941