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Personal info

Full name
STUCK, Robert Earl
Date of birth
15 March 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
North Dakota
Hometown
Santa Cruz County, California

Military service

Service number
O-729263
Rank
Major
Function
Pilot
Unit
80th Troop Carrier Squadron,
436th Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Airstrip R1, at the road Am Flugplatz
Hörselberg-Hainich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 11 27

Immediate family

Members
Leon H. Stuck (father)
Gladys E. (Wilkinson) Stuck (mother)
Marjorie L. Stuck (sister)
Evelyn M. Stuck (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
43-48332
Data
Type: C-47B-1-DK
Nickname: Daly Express
Destination: Hörselberg-Hainich, Germany
Mission: Resupply

More information

Robert Stuck attended college for three years.

Maj. Stuck was also the Squadron Operations Officer.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in San Fransisco, California on 29 December 1941.

The aircraft crashed during landing on airstrip R1. The entire crew of five men was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Arie-Jan van Hees, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.usaafdata.com, www.ancestry.com - Jewish Servicemen Card / One World Tree, www.aerotransport.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Arie-Jan van Hees