Rene Warner Wade Darby
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: 2Lt Jack Clouser, 1Lt John R McMeekin, 2Lt Robert Christensen, 2Lt Paul T Chance.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John Kirkland, S/Sgt Stanley G Workman, Sgt Fred Coty, S/Sgt Harold Davis, T/Sgt Rene W W Darby.
Object Number - UPL 37888 - Pictured: Rapid City, SD. Lt McMeekin crew, assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Rear L-R: 2Lt Jack Clouser, 1Lt John R McMeekin, 2Lt Robert...
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. 22 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4153
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39009518 / O-803652
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Impatient Virgin
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Port Arthur, TX | 10 January 1923 | Son of Clement and Hattie Mae [Linscomb] Darby. |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 27 June 1942 | Houston, Texas |
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Died |
4 miles W of Nauen, Germany | 18 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44 . KIA. MACR 4153 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bury St Edmunds | 18 April 1944 | Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Orange, TX | Unemployed at time of draft registration. | ||
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Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St Louis County, MO | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St Louis County, Missouri |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4153 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database