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DICKINSON, Robert Hugh - Date of
birth
7 September 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida -
Hometown
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O2005730 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
751st Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
13 January 1945 - Place of
death
Outskirts of Wörth am Rhein, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Hugh C. Dickinson (father)
Henrie B. Dickinson (mother)
Henry C. Dickinson (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38795 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Maximiliansau, Germany
MACR: 11586
More information
2nd Lt Robert H. Dickinson attended college before he joined the Regular Army in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on 15 December 1942.Flak hit the bomb bay. The airplane exploded and crashed near Wörth am Rhein, Germany.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. School Yearbooks Tampa Florida, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Jaap Vermeer, www.457thbombgroupassoc.org