Name:
Robert George "Bob" Kuehl
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
17036360
Unit:
526th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-05-29
State:
Wisconsin
Cemetery:
Lutheran Cemetery, Watertown, Wisconsin
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Sgt Robert George "Bob" Kuehl, tail gunner of the B-17 42-29773 “Up and At Them”, took off from Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing run over Saint-Nazaire’s “Flak Alley”. They were shot down by AA fire and German fighters, crashing around 1712. Kuehl crashed with the plane.