Name:
Robert E. Cross
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
38164212
Unit:
527th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1943-12-30
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Emery Chapel Cemetery, Bucyrus, Missouri
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SSgt Robert E. Cross, tail gunner of the B-17 42-29963 “Judy”, took off from station 117 Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, UK at 0730 on a bombing mission over Ludwigshafen and Solingen. The plane’s no.1 engine suffered a direct flak hit right after bombs away. Wounded, the bomber was harassed by enemy fighters until part of the crew managed to bail out at 1259. SSgt Cross never made it out of the plane.