Name:
Robert Howard Cunningham
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-815091
Unit:
751st Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1968-02-05
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Plot:
Block 239-A - - 000267
Row:
Grave:
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Comments:
2nd Lt Robert H. Cunningham, co-pilot of the B-17 42-31594 “Sweater Out”, took off from station 130 in Glatton, Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing mission over Ludwigshaven and Mannheim’s marshalling yards. Enroute the group was attacked by 50 or 60 German Me-109s. The plane’s right wing was shot off in the attack, going into a tight spin from which it did not recover. Lt Whitlow and SSgt Isker did not survive. They were initially buried in the Bergheim cemetery. Cunningham was captured and sent to Stalag Luft 4 in Gross-Tychow.