Sexton Robert F., Sr.

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Robert F., Sr. Sexton is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-24 Liberator (42-52759) Crash Memorial -493rd Bomber Group

Name:

Robert F., Sr. Sexton

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

34506883

Unit:

862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1995-08-27

State:

Tennessee

Cemetery:

Hillcrest Cemetery, Dover, Tennessee

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Born February 2, 1913 in Dover, Tennessee. Gunner of an American heavy bomber, a D-24 "Liberator" from the U.S. Army 8th Air Force that crashed on the lawn of the chateau in Chambord after bombing an airport southwest of Paris and being crippled by antiaircraft fire and German fighter planes. He survived the crash and escaped German patrols.