Abigail Spanberger: “Sergeant Robert Heel of Norfolk worked at the naval shipyard…”

“He served as a navigator on a B29 Superfortress in the US Army Air Corps. His plane went down over the Pacific on a bombing mission over Japan in 1945. He and his crew were never recovered. Sergeant Robert Heel of Norfolk worked at the naval shipyard before World War II, and he later enlisted in the U.S. army Air Corps in 1943 and served as a radioman on a B29 Superfortress. His plane collided with another during a training mission over India. He was never recovered.” (07:00–07:14)

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