Robert Richard DeKay

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-19919.jpeg UPL 19919 Lt William Flesh Crew Stateside with B-17F-85-BO 42-30066 'Mugwump'. L-R Standing: T/Sgt Robert DeKay [Tail G], Lt Paul R Englert [Bomb], Lt William R Flesh [Pilot]. (100th Photo Archives). 418th BS, 100th BG 8AF.

Object Number - UPL 19919 - Lt William Flesh Crew Stateside with B-17F-85-BO 42-30066 'Mugwump'. L-R Standing: T/Sgt Robert DeKay [Tail G], Lt Paul R Englert [Bomb], Lt William...

Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-Aug-43 in B-17 42-5860 'Escape Kit. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

 

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Curtis Biddick
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-729797
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mugwump, Rum Boogie II
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
Woodward Crew - "Poontang"/"Escape Kit"
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Escape kit
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

4 September 1919 BornLansing, Michigan

Enlisted

21 May 1941

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

17 August 1943 Killed in Action (KIA)Schweinberg, Germany

Buried

15 February 1949 Re-InterredClinton Grove CemeteryClinton Township, Michigan

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 675

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