Name:
Robert F., Sr. Sexton
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
34506883
Unit:
862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1995-08-27
State:
Tennessee
Cemetery:
Hillcrest Cemetery, Dover, Tennessee
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Born February 2, 1913 in Dover, Tennessee. Gunner of an American heavy bomber, a D-24 "Liberator" from the U.S. Army 8th Air Force that crashed on the lawn of the chateau in Chambord after bombing an airport southwest of Paris and being crippled by antiaircraft fire and German fighter planes. He survived the crash and escaped German patrols.