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Sgt Robert T. Britz graduated from Holy Cross High School.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve at Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, Michigan on 6 March 1943.

The formation was victim to severe attacks of enemy aircraft. The aircraft was hit in the radio room and at its no. 1 and no. 2 engines. An explosion, followed by a fire, was seen in the radio room. It peeled off to the left, under control, on fire. Only one crew member survived and was taken prisoner, eight were killed.

In 1948 a mass grave of 35 Russians was discovered in a forest near Heerte Holz, Germany. A hollow in the ground near the mass grave proved to be another grave in which an American body was found. The USA Graves Team then discovered seven additional remains of the Glasgow crewmen. They were evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery. Records show that Sgt Britz was initially buried at the cemetery of Linden, south of Wolfenbüttel.