Personal File · AirmanKilled in Action

Robert L. Traut.

Navigator

The Man Behind the Name

§ Biography

2nd Lt. Robert Leo Traut Jr. served as navigator on Lt. Shaw's crew, 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. He was aboard the aircraft on the 20 June 1944 mission to Genshagen (Berlin) when it was hit by flak and went missing.

The MACR crew list bears the annotation 'KTH 7/5/44' next to his name, indicating he was killed through hostile action with an effective date of 5 July 1944. His next of kin was his wife, Mrs. Robert L. Traut Jr., 658 Hawthorne Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Serial Number
O-708157

Missions flown.

1 catalogued · 20 Jun 1944

The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

Read the records.

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Supports 6 facts

Missing Air Crew Report 6151

Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1944 · Missing Air Crew Reports

Sources.

§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record