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Personal info

Full name
GOSSAGE, Robert V
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pope County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16067932
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Waist Gunner
Unit
401st Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
26 February 1943
Place of death
North Sea

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Gossage (father)
Margaret (Stone) Gossage (mother)
Arthur Gossage (brother)
Floyd Gossage (brother)
William L. Gossage (brother)
Mildred Gossage (sister)
Henry C. Gossage (brother)
William L. Gossage (brother)
Harold L. Gossage (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5362
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Short Snorter II
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 15712

More information

S/Sgt Robert V. Gossage enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 9 February 1942.

A/C 42-5362 took part in a bombing mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 26 February 1943, at which time several aircraft were lost. No search was made. The aircraft was last seen off the coast of the German Frisian Islands. It crashed into the North Sea, killing all 10 crew members.

Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8thafhs.com, www.ancestry.com - Cooper Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Dave Gossage