Name:
Robert Henry Spoonamore
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
36445071
Unit:
486th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-11-05
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Florence American Cemetery, Impruneta, Italy
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Comments:
Robert Henry Spoonamore was born on July 3, 1923, in Philadelphia Township, Cass County, Illinois. He served in the 486th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group, Medium, as a Technical Sergeant during World War II.
The radio operator/gunner on the B-25 #43-27709 'Schnapps Yoyo,' TSgt Spoonamore was declared Missing in Action on November 5, 1944, when his airplane disappeared during the mission to bomb a rail bridge south of Padua, Italy. His name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Florence American Cemetery, Impruneta, Italy.