Raymond C. Roberts was born in 1920, in Clinton County, Illinois. He enlisted in Camp Grant, Illinois on September 23, 1941, and served in the 555th Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, Medium, as a Flight Officer and Co-Pilot of the B-26 #41-31625 YA-R "Hell's Fury" during World War II.
In the afternoon of December 13, 1943, a force of nearly 200 B-26 Marauders was sent to Schiphol airfield. They were escorted by RAF Spitfires. A total of 397 tons of bombs was dropped. Hell's Fury took off from Station 164 in Great Dunmow, England. During the mission, the plane received a direct hit from an 88 mm Flak shell and crashed at Hornweg 187, Aalsmeer, Netherlands. Only the pilot had survived.
F/O Roberts is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.
B-26 #41-31625 aircrew:
Pilot Capt. R.P. Sanford
Co-Pilot F/O. R.C. Roberts
Nav / Bombardier 1st Lt. C.A. Jackson
Engineer S/Sgt. W.E. Turner 14050399
Radio Operator T/Sgt. S.B. Peterson
Air gunner S/Sgt. R.M. Becker
T Gunner S/Sgt. H.M. King
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