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Personal info

Full name
LITTLE, Robert Martin
Date of birth
1 November 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-757532
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
339th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 May 1944
Place of death
Near the railroad station of Camburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 1 3

Immediate family

Members
Samuel I. Little (father)
Grace L. Little (mother)
Maxine Little (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102578
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Brux, Czechoslovakia
Mission: Bombing of the Sudetenlandische Teibstoffwerke AG, hydrogenation plant
MACR: 4863

More information

2nd Lt Robert M. Little was a graduate of Tyrone High School and at the time of his enlistment, he was a junior at the University of Michigan. He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve as a private in Nashville, Tennessee on 12 March 1943.

While, approximately, over the town of Limburg, Germany, the formation was attacked by fighters. The altitude at that time was 17,000 feet. Within the next few minutes the pilot called over the intercom system "fighter coming in head on boys". Almost immediately there was a blinding crash with one of the attacking fighters.

Sgt Lanham, the tail gunner was blown out and remained conscious enough to pull his parachute cord after falling free for a considerable distance. The navigator, Lt Clifford Jones managed to escape through the front hatch. The other eight crew members were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Danielle Goedhart www.abmc.gov, www.fold3.com, Tyrone-Waring Canteen News, www.ancestry.com - Veteran compensation Application File

Photo source: Danielle Goedhart, Tyrone-Waring Canteen News