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Personal info

Full name
KRAMER, Robert P
Date of birth
4 December 1919
Age
23
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe, New York
Hometown
Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-798524
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
350th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1943
Place of death
In the vicinity of castle Lembeck near Dorsten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 10 28

Immediate family

Members
Walter Kramer (father)
Mildred Kramer (mother)
Doris Kramer (sister)
Elden Kramer (brother)
Norine Kramer (sister)
Donald Kramer (brother)
Leona M. (Sharp) Kramer (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3433
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Lena
Destination: Münster, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the railroad
MACR: 1024

More information

2nd Lt Robert P. Kramer graduated from Fairport High school in 1937 where he played football and basketball. He attended college and was employed at Eastman Kodak Company as a chemist.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Rochester, New York on 11 March 1942. On 31 August 1943, Lt Kramer circled his bomber over Fairport and dipped his wings in farewell to his family.

Seven crew members were taken prisoner and three were killed. They were initially buried at the Catholic cemetery of Lembeck on 12 October 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch,www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle, New York Birth Index

Photo source: Michel Beckers, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle, www.100thbg.com, www.fairport-erpost.com, Maria de Graaf-Bessems