Robert H Buckley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 547th Bomb Squadron Unit History, effective 27 January 1943.  Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #425850. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert H Buckley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19074146
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

James H Foister

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William F Igou

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Lynn Tilton Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19074146
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

George B Keck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-730520
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-5850

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

25 June 1943 Group lead. Bombed primary on wing lead. Lost altitude near coast of England, one engine out and another smoking.  MACR #16357

Died

Or Memorial

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands: Plot J Row 18 Grave 12

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16357 / MACR 16357, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database