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World War II Honoree

Killed In Action

Robert B. Angell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

East Dubuque, Illinois

Honored By

Sam E. Pennartz

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

B-29 Superfortress Radio Operator, serial #42-65348, Call Sign: A-Square-16, 20th Air Force, XXI Bomber Command, 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bombardment Group (VH), 869th Bomb Squadron, Isley Airfield, Saipan, Mariana Islands. On 1 June 1945, the aircraft was hit in the #1 engine over the target at Osaka, Japan. According to a Japanese historian, the plane was shot down by fighters and crashed in a mountain south of Osaka.