Robert Oliver William Holly

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Mid air collision and crash near Schonberg on 6/20/44 in B-24 #42100351 Killed in Action (KIA). The other aircraft involved was B24 42-95144.



Robert's story is told in the 2014 book, Killed in Action: The Story of Robert Holly, written by David Kohler.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

People

Brenton Warren Baker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33205519
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Oscar J Boudreaux

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John H Danneker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Richard P Gordon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Milton L Hymes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703098
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-100351

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hammond, IN, USA 27 May 1922

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Langelandsbælt, Denmark 20 June 1944

Buried

Memorialized

Listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the American Cemetery, Cambridge.

Revisions

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Sources

Killed In Action, David Kohler, copyright 2014, Tate Publishing
MACR 5926, via Fold3
Find A Grave Memorial# 56290780
http://www.airmen.dk/p328.htm

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5926 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database