Robert Eugene Felber
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 46505 - 1st Lt Robert E Felber, 66BS, 44BG
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778 'Lady Luck'. 25 x combat missions. Moved up to Group Operations. ETD.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36365248
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator; Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12051881 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15088542 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Jenny - Lady Luck
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Battleaxe
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Myrtle The Fertile Turtle
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 66th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
St Louis Park, Minneapoli, MN | 4 January 1917 | Son of John A and Flora M [Rue] Felber. |
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Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN | 24 February 1942 | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Other Discharged |
29 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Other Marriage |
Minneapolis, MN | 7 September 1951 | Married Leverne Nelson. |
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Died |
Sioux Falls, SD | 28 June 1993 | |
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Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD | 1 July 1993 | Woodlawn Cemetery Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
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Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Transferred |
Transferred to Group Op's. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/617813327
https://www.fold3.com/record/62951837/social-security-death-index-rober…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84602589/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.fold3.com/record/626290264/u-s-department-of-veterans-affai…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140655846/robert-eugene-felber
'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
