Name | Summerville, Robert Dana ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-756351 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #98 dated 27 May 1944, effective 27 May 1944. |
Duty | Pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 14 June 1944 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France: Plot A Row 19 Grave 43 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 5800⇓ (3.927 MB) |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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128⇗ | 6 June 1944 |
Target: Two Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Caen, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit L Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
130⇗ | 7 June 1944 |
Target: Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: Condé-sur-Noireau, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
131⇗ | 8 June 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (41C) & Loire River Railroad Bridge (41D) Type: Transportation Location: Orleans, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
132⇗ | 10 June 1944 |
Target: Chateau Bougon Airfield (41A) & Vannes Airfield (41B) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nantes & Vannes, France |
Pilot | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
133⇗ | 12 June 1944 |
Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W Type: Transportation Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France |
Pilot | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
134⇗ | 13 June 1944 |
Target: Dreux Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dreux, France |
Pilot | 42‑37785⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
135⇗ | 14 June 1944 |
Target: Coulommiers Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Coulommiers, France |
Pilot | 42‑97188⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return 41B Wing, Low Group. Attacked by about ten enemy aircraft on route to target; aircraft exploded and crashed near Bisseau, France. MACR 580 Sortie Report⇗ |