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HAMM, Robert Edward - Date of
birth
13 January 1922 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York -
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-681538 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
26 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast of Langeoog, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Edward R. Hamm (father)
Grace Hamm (mother)
Leonard Hamm (brother)
Audray Hamm (sister)
Janet Hamm (sister)
Shirley Hamm (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30608 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1386
More information
Robert E. Hamm graduated from South Park High School and was a machine operator.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Buffalo, New York on 25 September 1942.
The existing reports are conflicting but show that anti-aircraft fire was heavy and that there were German fighters in the area, but no one saw the airplane go down. It is assumed that it crashed into the North Sea. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, Missing Aircrew Report, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census
Photo source: www.finagrave.com, Buffalo Evening News – 10 December 1943, Arie-Jan van Hees- Bombardier Class Book, San Angelo, Texas