Agan, Robert Lincoln

Name and Rank, Second Lieutenant Robert Lincoln Agan.

Unit/placed in, 1211th Army Air Force Base Unit.

The 1211 Army Air Force Base Unit, was a part of the Air Transport Command as purpose, bringing supplies to U.S. forces. It also supported Fifteenth, Twelfth, and Ninth Air Forces operating from locations along the Mediterranean coast and Cairo, Egypt.

Robert L. Agan was the pilot aboard a C-47A on a Transport Mission, there is no MACR from this mission., so nothing no about his crewmembers.

Robert was born in 1918 in Broome County, New York.

Father, Frederick Agan.

Mother, Clara Agan.

Sisters, Ruth and Betty Agan.

Brother, Miles Agan.

Wife, Mary Jane (Norton) Agan.

Robert entered the service from New York with service number # O-689729.

Robert L. Agan rank/duty was a Second Lieutenant in the 1211th Army Air Force Base Unit.

Robert‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a C-47 were,

2nd Lt. Robert L. Agan Pilot

Corp. Glen H. Lyden ……….

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Robert died on mission to Al Fashir (Sudan) when his plane got Engine failure and crashed on Masirah Island (Oman), on April 15, 1945, he is honored with a American Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Robert is mentioned/buried at North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.

Robert also has a Memorial Grave at, Fayetteville Cemetery,

Fayetteville, Onondaga County, New York, USA.

Thanks to https://amcmuseum.org/history/air-transport-command-airlift-during-wwii/

http://www.cbi-theater.com/menu/cbi_home.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.