Robert W Blaine

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-24D 41-23988 [NB:E]'Emmy Lou', 44BG/67BS while serving as Pilot. The aircraft was attacked by German fighters and shot down at Barentin, France while on a mission to bomb the railroad yards at Rouen, France. Killed in Action (KIA). See Biography events for information on disposition of his remains.



Air Medal, Purple Heart

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-23988

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Emmy Lou
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Buried

Dieppe, France 10 March 1943 Buried by the Germans in the Cemetery Les Vertus, Dieppe, France per Bishop & Hey "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces".

Born

Plano, Texas

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Barentin, France 8 March 1943 Killed when aircraft was shot down by German fighter and crashed at Barentin, France.

Other

Commemorated

Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery. Apparently, the remains were never recorded as being recovered.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 31-Jul-2015. Added crew position to Biography per MACR 15333.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 31-Jul-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Burial event and Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15330 / MACR 4401, 15333, , Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey p.89-90, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties pp. 58-9 by Lundy / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database