Name | Ross, Robert B |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-774315 |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Co-pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 20 May 1945 |
Results | Completed Combat Tour |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Nicolai, Edwin George, Jr⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Ross, Robert B | Co-pilot | CT |
Flt. Ofcr. Parker, Gilbert Roy⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Robitzki, Walter Stanley⇗ | Bombardier | MIA |
CPL. Spearman, Eugene (NMI)⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
CPL. Clemis, Joseph Bernard⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Bongiorno, Peter R⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Peeler, William R⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
CPL. Whitworth, Charles Edward⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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268⇗ | 19 February 1945 |
Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑6590⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
269⇗ | 20 February 1945 |
Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑6590⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
271⇗ | 22 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑6590⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
272⇗ | 23 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
273⇗ | 24 February 1945 |
Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
277⇗ | 28 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hagen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102661⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
278⇗ | 1 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
279⇗ | 2 March 1945 |
Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38016⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
281⇗ | 4 March 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑6590⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
283⇗ | 8 March 1945 |
Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑6892⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
285⇗ | 10 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
286⇗ | 11 March 1945 |
Target: Vacuum Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bremen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑39131⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
287⇗ | 12 March 1945 |
Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
289⇗ | 15 March 1945 |
Target: Army HQ Type: Military Location: Zossen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
290⇗ | 17 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
291⇗ | 18 March 1945 |
Target: Schlesischer Railway Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Feathered #2 shortly after the target; returned to base with group. Sortie Report⇗ |
292⇗ | 19 March 1945 |
Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑32106⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41D Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
293⇗ | 20 March 1945 |
Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑97824⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
294⇗ | 22 March 1945 |
Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑6892⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
295⇗ | 23 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
297⇗ | 24 March 1945 |
Target: Twente Enschede Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands |
Co-pilot | 42‑97824⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
298⇗ | 26 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
300⇗ | 30 March 1945 |
Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑32106⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
304⇗ | 5 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑6892⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
305⇗ | 6 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
306⇗ | 7 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
308⇗ | 10 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑6892⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
309⇗ | 11 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
310⇗ | 14 April 1945 |
Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France |
Co-pilot | 42‑102661⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
311⇗ | 15 April 1945 |
Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France |
Co-pilot | 44‑6892⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
312⇗ | 16 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Regensburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑39444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
313⇗ | 17 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑39444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
314⇗ | 19 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
315⇗ | 20 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Seddin, Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑8945⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |