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Personal info

Full name
DALLAS, Bob Cham
Date of birth
9 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Harris County, Texas
Hometown
Houston, Harris County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-721653
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
567th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Soltau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 9 18

Immediate family

Members
Fredrick W. Dallas (father)
Mary (Boutwell) Dallas (mother)
Fred Dallas (brother)
Frank I. Dallas (brother)
Ben M. Dallas (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-40254
Data
Type: B-24L
Nickname: The Palace Of Dallas
Destination: Düneberg, Germany
MACR: 14113

More information

My position on the crew at the time of the accident was left-waist. Due to this fact. I witnessed the enemy fighter approaching us around the number three plane in the formation. This plane collided with us at approximately the number four bulkhead on the left hand side of the plane.

The most notable "Elbe" pilot was Unteroffizer Heinrich Rosner of III/JG.102, who brought down two B-24's of the 389th Bomb Group. He rammed the B-24 "Palace of Dallas" flown by the group commander Colonel John B. Herboth which collided with the B-24 led by the deputy group commander Major Tolleson. As both bombers went down, Rosner managed to bail out.

1st Lt Bob C. Dallas was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium Block K, Row 11, Grave 271.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Michel Beckers, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Mireille Goedhart, www.findagrave.com - Mary Childress / Frank T. Dallas, Jr., Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot class Book 44-D Coleman Flying School Texas