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Flight Officer Robert Montilla Haverly |
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Born: 2 July 1923 - Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois Parents: William & Ruby Haverly Siblings: 1 sister Home: - 846 South Twenty-Fourth Avenue, Bellwood, Illinois Married Education: - Roosevelt School - Proviso Township High School - Class of 1943 Occupation: machinist - Electro Motive - LaGrange, Illinois Inducted: - U.S. Army Air Corps - September 1943 Serial Number: Unknown Training: - Miami, Florida - Michigan State College - San Antonio, Texas - Sehnan Field - Gunnery School - Big Spring Bombardier School - Big Spring, Texas - commissioned Second Lieutenant - France - March 1945 Unit: 643rd Bomb Squadron, 9th Air Force - Flight Officer Killed in Action: - 18 April 1945 - plane shot down - Nordlingen, Germany - single plane mission to test new short range navigation - reported Missing in Action - May 1945 Buried: - Rock Island National Cemetery - 30 March 1950 Plot: E Gave: 32/34 - buried with two other members of his crew Medals: - Purple Heart |
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