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BADER, Robert Edward - Date of
birth
21 February 1919 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-2058664 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
365th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
15 October 1945 - Place of
death
Freight yard of Niehl, north of Cologne, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Norman J. Bader (father)
Agnes G. (Pufall) Bader (mother)
Ralph J. Bader (brother)
Blanche A. Bader (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38108 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Cologne, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 9475
More information
2nd Lt Robert E. Bader attended Emerson High School in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.The mission took place on 14 October 1944
The aircraft collided with aircraft 43-38066 in midair. Its propellers chewed through the other airplane. It went down out of control and broke into small pieces and exploded below the formation.
The entire crew of nine men was killed. They were initially buried at the West Cemetery of Cologne on 15 October 1944.
Lt Bader was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Emerson High School Yearbook 1934