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Personal info

Full name
AMES, Robert George
Date of birth
14 October 1921
Age
21
Place of birth
De Roan Township, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Hometown
Hempstead County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
18037114
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
366th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 January 1943
Place of death
Tossens, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 20 13

Immediate family

Members
John W. Ames (father)
Gertrude (Skinner) Ames (mother)
John W. Ames (brother)
Mary L. Ames (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24637
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Kriegsmarinewerft U-boat yards
MACR: 851

More information

Robert G. Ames joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Lubbock, Texas on 20 October 1941.

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters. It crashed just off shore of Tossens, Germany. Five crew members survived and were taken prisoner. Five men were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Bad Zwischenahn, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census / Europe, Registration of Foreigners and German Persecutees, 1939-1947 / Arkansas Birth Certificates

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Patootie