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MULHAUSER, Robert Samuel - Date of
birth
1 October 1918 -
Age
23 -
Place of birth
Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
J/15671 -
Rank
Flying Officer -
Function
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner -
Unit
76 Squadron RAF,
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 June 1942 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast south east of Vlieland, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
Sage War Cemetery, Oldenburg, Germany - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Samuel A. Mulhauser (father)
Helen D. (Beard) Mulhauser (mother)
Fredrick Mulhauser (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
W1104 -
Data
Type: Handley Page Halifax Mk II
Destination: Bremen, Germany
More information
The airplane was presumably shot down by enemy aircraft. The Operations Record Book for the Squadron notes that on 3 June 1942, "Operations were ordered for an attack on Bremen. Ten crews were detailed, and all took off. One aircraft returned early and two are reported missing (Captains P/O Philp and F/S Stell). The squadron records note that "this aircraft was airborne at Middleton St George at 2314 hours, since when nothing further has been heard.
Source of information: Carla Mans, www.cwgc.org, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census, Report of Death of an American citizen / Wisconsin Birth Records, www.626-squadron.co.uk
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - David Archer, www.626-squadron.co.uk