Robert G. True was born in Ogden, Monroe, New York in 1921. He was the son of Morris and Marguerite True. After completing four years of high school he became a payroll clerk and timekeeper. He was not married. According to his enlistment record, Robert was 5'10" tall and weighed 134 pounds.

Robert enlisted in the city of Rochester on 14 September 1942. After training as an aerial gunner in the Army Air Corps, he reported to the 535th Bomber Squadron, 381st Bombardment Group out of Ridgewell Airbase in England. He was assigned as the left waist gunner on B-17F, tail number 42-30852, named the "Blowin' Bessie".

According to one surviving officer's report after the mission, the plane was hit by flak and the crew lost contact with the tail gunner. SSG True was on the way back from his position to the rear to check on the tail gunner when the B-17 was attacked by a German fighter. No further word was heard from SSG True and no acknowledgement was given by him when the Pilot commanded everyone to bail out.

SSG Robert G. True's body was never recovered. His name is inscribed with other missing airmen on a wall in the American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Limburg Provence, Netherlands. He also has a cenotaph located in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ogden Center, Monroe County, New York.

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