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Personal info

Full name
SANDROCK, Robert Louis
Date of birth
16 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Curtice, Ottawa County, Ohio
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-750155
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
407th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1944
Place of death
Near Osnabruck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 10 20

Immediate family

Members
Louis Sandrock (father)
Mae Sandrock (mother)
Virginia Sandrock (sister)
Glenna M. (Koch) Sandrock (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-32034
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Schweinfurt, Germany
Mission: Ball Bearing Factory
MACR: 2759

More information

2nd Lt Robert L. Sandrock graduated from Genoa High School. He was a salesman employed at Pinkerton Tobacco Co.
He enlisted in the Air Corps 26 October 1942. He was sent overseas in January, 1944.

2nd Lt Kenneth R. Kinsella: "Our position in formation was #3, second element, High squadron, high group. We were heading east and were several minutes inside German territory when attacks were started by 40 or 50 single engine fighters, mostly FW-190’s. The attacks were concentrated on the lead and low group. During the attack I saw the #3 ship of the second element, High squadron, low group receive a direct attack. I know that position was assigned to Lt. Rapp. Immediately after the attack the ship fell over and out of formation, going into two snap rolls and then a very fast tight spin. I watched the ship as far as possible and it was still out of control and spinning fast."
2nd Lt Robert L. Sandrock bailed out and was killed by the Germans on the ground.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Jac Engels, News Herald - 4 August 1944