Robert Frank Niemann

West Point, 1951

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by John H. Craigie on August 3, 2010:

Here is some more information on Bob, which I obtained online from page 64, National Alliance Of Families For the Return of America's Missing Servicemen, http://www.nationalalliance.org/korea/korea08.htm "25. Pilot: 1st Lieutenant Robert R. Niemann, USAF Date of Casualty: 12 April 1953 Status: MIA Lieutenant Niemann and his wingman were on patrol in the Sui Ho reservoir area. Enemy aircraft were encountered by Lieutenant Niemann and his wingman and during the ensuing action he was heard to say "Here he comes again." No further transmission was received from Lieutenant Niemann whose F-86 was last seen at an altitude of 15,000 feet. Repeated attempts to contact him by radio were unsuccessful and an air search of the area revealed no trace of him or his plane. NOTE: Lieutenant Niemann's name appears on the "List of 59" entitled "A List of United States Air Force Personnel Shot Down in Aerial Combat and by Anti-Aircraft Artillery During Military Operations in Korea, Who Transited Through an Interrogation Point." Additionally, The Joint Commission Support Branch believes that further information on Lieutenant Niemann exists in the Russian archives as concluded in its "Preliminary Analysis of Korean War Interrogation Material" report dated June 1993." Jack Craigie, USMA Class of 1951

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