The Man Behind the Name
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.
Missions flown.
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.