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Personal info

Full name
MULHAUSER, Robert Samuel
Date of birth
1 October 1918
Age
23
Place of birth
Watertown, Dodge and Jefferson Counties, Wisconsin
Hometown
Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
J/15671
Rank
Flying Officer
Function
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Unit
76 Squadron RAF,
Royal Canadian Air Force
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 June 1942
Place of death
North Sea, 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)

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 aicraft 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, www.626-squadron.co.uk

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - David Archer, www.626-squadron.co.uk