Name:
Robert L. Chesser
Rank:
Captain
Serial Number:
O-789135
Unit:
779th Bomber Squadron
Date of Death:
1944-05-25
State:
Florida
Cemetery:
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
Plot:
Wall of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Comments:
Captain Robert L. Chesser, gunnery observer of the B-24 42-52463 "Table Stuff", was shot down over the Napoule Gulf by German fighters after a bombing run on enemy communication centers in southern France. The crew managed to bail out, but neither they nor their aircraft were ever seen again.