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Robert E. Fortney Obituary

Graduation Year Class of 1941
Date of Passing Dec 31, 1944
About S/SGT Robert E. FORTNEY
POSITION: ROG
UNIT: 418th BOMB Sqdn
STATUS: KIA
SERIAL #: 15382027
CR: 11364
MACR: 11364
Comments: 31 DEC 43 HAMBURG (EAC - EXP) APPARENTLY HAD NO CHUTE
COMMENTS & NOTES
MEMO 1:

CREW
2nd Lt Billy B. Blackman P POW 31/12/44 HAMBURG
2nd Lt Robert E. Freshour CP KIA 31/12/44 HAMBURG
2nd Lt Michael V. Repole NAV CPT 15/4/45 ROYAN
2nd Lt Wiilliam M. Sterrett NAV POW 31/12/44 HAMBURG
Cpl Robert E. Fortney ROG KIA 31/12/44 HAMBURG
Cpl Joseph T. Pearl TTE KIA 31/12/44 HAMBURG
Cpl Byron W. Nelson BTG NOC
Cpl Basil Numack TG KIA 31/12/44 HAMBURG
Sgt Thomas C. Pace WG POW 31/12/44 HAMBURG
Cpl Andrew M. Herbert, JR TOG POW 31/12/44 HAMBURG

418th Sqdn. Crew,as above,joined 100th Group on 5 OCT 1944 and were on their 14th mission..
A/C #43-38215 "Grumblin Gremlin" XR-P MACR #11364, MICRO-FICHE #4182

Fortney did not have his chute on.

KIA / MIA / EVA / INT INFORMATION:
TARGET: Hamburg
DATE: 1944-12-31

AIRCRAFT: "Gumblin' Gremlin" (43-38215)
CAUSE: EAC & Explosion
Information provided by and approved to use by the 100th Bomb Group Foundation.

Burial: East Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Rush County, Indiana
Plot: Section 15
Robert E. Fortney