Robert E Kincaid
Military
Corrected Feibush >>> Feibusch in caption
Object Number - UPL 16276 - William H. Marra, Mike Wojicick (?), Ernst Feibusch, Robert Miner, James B. Eckman
Robert Kincaid was a Waist gunner in the 390th Bomb Group/571st Bomb Squadron. He was Killed In Action on his sixth mission on board B-17 # 42-102505 during the 22 June 1944 mission to Paris-Saint-Ouen, France. The ship returned to base. No MACR. A street in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California has been named in his honor.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17065401 at enlistment, then O-740823
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12106216
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36292109
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19073633 at enlistment, then O-772803
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
25 May 1925 | Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa | |
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Enlisted |
16 February 1943 | San Diego, California | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
22 June 1944 | on B-17 # 42-102505, the sole casualty, as the ship was flown back to England | |
| Malvern Township, Mills County, Iowa | |||
| Chula Vista, San Diego County, California | |||
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Buried |
Initially buried at the Temporary Military Cemetery in Cambridge, England | ||
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Buried |
Robert Kincaid rests at the permanent American Cemetery in Coton, near Cambridge, Plot F, Row 1, Grave 18 |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
ABMC website
http://www.390thspace.com
Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 661 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia