World War II Honoree

Robert Gallup

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Verona, Illinois

Honored By

Marilyn

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY AND TOOK PILOT TRAINING AT SPARTAN SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS AT HATBOX FIELD IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. LATER SENT TO BIGGS FIELD, EL PASO, TEXAS FOR TRAINING TO BE PILOT OF A B-24 BOMBER. MORE TRAINING WAS RECEIVED AT PUEBLO, COLORADO. ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE IN ENGLAND. FLEW 22 MISSIONS, SHOT DOWN ON THE 23RD. LANDED AIRCRAFT AND CREW IN SWITZERLAND, WHERE HE AND CREW WERE INTERNED FOR BALANCE OF WAR IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SHOT DOWN ON JULY 11, 1944 AND RELEASED FEBRUARY 14, 1945.