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Personal info

Full name
SLOAN, Robert Francis
Date of birth
11 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12038467
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Unit
565th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 15 63

Immediate family

Members
Patrick J. Sloan (father)
Annie Sloan (mother)
John Sloan (brother)
Augustine Sloan (brother)
Clinton Sloan (brother)
Julia Odonell (Aunt)

Plane data

Serial number
42-100372
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Old Glory
Destination: Wahlen, Germany
MACR: 11681

More information

I saw aircraft 42-100372 right after it was hit. It started down on a level flight, followed by fighters. The top turret was firing all the way down until out of sight. The aircraft was under control and i observed one chute coming out back of hatch. The crew had plenty of time to bail out after the plane passed out of my sight at 18,000 feet.
He bailed out, but his body was found in a field in Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, Robert F. Sloan, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: Peter Schouteten