Robert H. Casper was a second lieutenant from South Carolina who served as the co-pilot for the 36th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, during World War II. On November 10, 1944, 2LT Casper's B-24 Liberator crashed just north of Tincourt-Boucly in Bois de Buire. During a secret Radio Counter Measure (RCM) mission to jam German radars for a RAF attack, Casper's B-24 received flak, resulting in two of its engines failing. The pilot of the aircraft, 1LT Hornsby, ordered the crew to bail out. Three crew members died in the crash. Everyone else survived the crash, including 2LT Casper.