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Cpl. Robert Hunter Wells

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Cpl. Robert Hunter Wells Veteran

Birth
Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
29 Nov 1944 (aged 23)
Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.6936651, Longitude: -72.2930952
Memorial ID
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Robert served as a Corporal on B-24L ~ #44-49669, Grenier Field, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Grafton County, New Hampshire prior to the war.

Robert died in the "Line Of Duty" as the result of an airplane crash eighteen miles northeast of Grenier Army Airfield, near Nottingham, New Hampshire. during the war.

Service # 12131433

Son of Harry A. Wells & Madeleine R. Luckey Wells.

Husband of Myra Jayne Barwood Wells .

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

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This bomber was not assigned to a group or squadron.

The airmen killed on this flight were:

Hackstock, Paul L., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Colorado
Jones, Russell E., Flt Off, Michigan
McDougall, Thomas L., Corp, Delaware
Rickenbach, Calvin R., Corp
Smith, Preston K., Corp, Tennessee
Stephenson, Wilbur C., 2nd Lt, Pennsylvania
Swarner, William E., Jr., Corp, Kansas
Wells, Robert H., Corp, New Hampshire
Young, Kenneth J., Corp, Michigan

There is also a memorial bench, which includes all their names, at the site of the B-24 bomber crash at the base of Middle Mountain in Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham, New Hampshire.
" Photo shown to the left "

( Crew report by: Russ Pickett )

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Robert served as a Corporal on B-24L ~ #44-49669, Grenier Field, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Grafton County, New Hampshire prior to the war.

Robert died in the "Line Of Duty" as the result of an airplane crash eighteen miles northeast of Grenier Army Airfield, near Nottingham, New Hampshire. during the war.

Service # 12131433

Son of Harry A. Wells & Madeleine R. Luckey Wells.

Husband of Myra Jayne Barwood Wells .

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This bomber was not assigned to a group or squadron.

The airmen killed on this flight were:

Hackstock, Paul L., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Colorado
Jones, Russell E., Flt Off, Michigan
McDougall, Thomas L., Corp, Delaware
Rickenbach, Calvin R., Corp
Smith, Preston K., Corp, Tennessee
Stephenson, Wilbur C., 2nd Lt, Pennsylvania
Swarner, William E., Jr., Corp, Kansas
Wells, Robert H., Corp, New Hampshire
Young, Kenneth J., Corp, Michigan

There is also a memorial bench, which includes all their names, at the site of the B-24 bomber crash at the base of Middle Mountain in Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham, New Hampshire.
" Photo shown to the left "

( Crew report by: Russ Pickett )

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