Name:
Robert James Huhtala
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
19142210
Unit:
338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-02-06
State:
California
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetary, Epinal, France
Plot:
A
Row:
40
Grave:
30
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Technical Sergeant Robert Huhtala, radio operator of the B-17 Fortress G-75-BO - 42-38015, took off from station 138 in Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, for Romilly-sur-Seine. Above the town of Pisseleux, a mile from Villers-Cotterets, the bomber was shot down by Lt Willius Karl’s Fw190 fighter at 1043, on February 6th, 1944.