Lt Robert G "RUDY" Hess. KIA (Shot-down at Sea) 31 March, 1943. TWO ships lost that day!

NOTE: TWO PLANES AND CREWS WERE LOST. A/C No.   41-13205 (MACR-14578 - “Lost at Sea Aircraft was lost to enemy aircraft and anti-aircraft”) P->McKinney, Charles A., 1Lt - KIA CP->Campbell, John F., 2Lt - KIA   Hometown;   Hightstown, NJ
N->None B->Kirol, Edward A., S/Sgt - KIA E->Ratajczyk, Thomas S., S/Sgt - KIA R->Headings, Boyd V., S/Sgt - KIA G->McGinnis, Lofton F., S/Sgt - KIA F->Lottes, Richard O., Sgt (ASV) - KIA and……………………………………
A/C No. 41-13209 “Trouble” (MACR-14579 “Lost at Sea"). Aircraft was lost to enemy aircraft and anti-aircraft”) P->Hess, Robert G., 1Lt - KIA CP->Welton, Mert J., 2Lt - KIA   (Wisc) N->None B->McMurray, Walter J., S/Sgt - KIA E->Rodgers, Herbert E., S/Sgt - KIA Hometown;** Hometown: Passaic County, NJ
R->Cookman, Harold F., S/Sgt - KIA   (Clear Water, Iowa) G->Hines, Ralph V., S/Sgt - KIA

Robert G Hess