Robert Cleaver
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Robert Stevenson Cleaver, (May 22, 1914 - November 20, 1942); 0-432331, First lieutenant, United States Army Air Force.
Cleaver enlisted as Aviation Cadet at Vancouver Barracks, Washington on March 15, 1941. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant with rating of bombardier on December 16, 1941 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. Was a member of Ted W. Lawson's B-25 crew ("Ruptured Duck"). He was injured during crash-landing in China in the aftermath of the Doolittle Raid (April 18, 1942). After evading capture with the rest of the crew, Cleaver eventually made it back to the United States. He was stationed at Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana when he was killed in an airplane crash near Versailles, Ohio on November 20, 1942. His decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Chinese Army, Navy, Air Corps Medal, Class A, 1st Grade.
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