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SULZNER, Robert Lee - Date of
birth
4 June 1916 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Lauerdale, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-812001 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 March 1944 - Place of
death
Falkenhoehe, two miles northeast of Falkensee, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 13 | 13 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Herman W. Sulzner (father)
Olive P. (Lee) Sulzner (mother)
Betty R. (Butler) Sulzner (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-6099 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Oranienburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Heinkel Aviation Industry
MACR: 3420
More information
2nd Lt Robert Sulzner graduated from Abington High School in 1935 and attended college. He was an insurance clerk in civil life.He joined the Artillery of the National Guard in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania on 13 January 1941.
He was married to Betty Ruth Butler in Westminster, England on 26 February 1944. She served as a WAC in the HQ of General Eisenhower.
The primary target was the Heinkel Aviation Industry at Oranienburg. Due to cloud cover, the secondary target, the city of Berlin, was attacked.
The aircraft was hit on the tail assembly by three bombs from an airplane of the High Squadron of the 96th. It was seen to go down out of control. Six parachutes were seen to open.
None of the crew members survived the crash.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Interment Record / Family Trees / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - Abington High School 1935, Reading Eagle - 1 November 1944