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Personal info

Full name
ROBITOY, Norman George
Date of birth
24 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-682561
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
349th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 May 1944
Place of death
Neumünster, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 19 9

Immediate family

Members
Mary (Gedeon) Robitoy (mother)
Margaret (Thiede) Robitoy (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102635
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 5171

More information

2nd Lt Norman G. Robitoy worked in a machine shop before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 29 March 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters. It is possible it was shot down, some records state that it collided with the FW 190 of 1st Lt König of I/JG 11. Due to bad weather and smoke it is uncertain if this collision concerned this B-17 or another one.

The entire crew of ten men was killed. They were buried on 27 May 1944 at the South cemetery of Neumunster.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-08, Big Spring Flying School, Texas