Robert Virgil Pardue
MilitaryRear L-R: Richard Crowell, Robert Semler, William Jernigan, Robert Pardue.
Front L-R: Charles Holley, Lloyd McCary, Raymond Thornburg, Stephen Koroluck, William Evans, Edward Lanning.
Assigned to 579BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Pardue Crew. 30 x missions. ETD
Return to ZOI. Flew to Bradley Field, CT on 42-50390.
Mission List: Brunswick, Tutow, Marquize, Bernburg, Zwickau, Lechfeld, Cuxhaven, Hamm, Brunswick, St Trond, Tutow, St Avard, *Brussels, *Paris, Lisieux
Montanaube, Politz, Berlin, Munich, Troarn, Corbie, ?? (Oil Dump), Pont-Aude-Mer, Kothen, Koblenz, Hamm, Cologne, Hamm, Minden, Bottrop.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.
*- Flown with 489BG
?? - mission only ID'd by compass references.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 579th Bomb Squadron 392nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-690777
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 579th Bomb Squadron 392nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 33284373
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14019636
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 579th Bomb Squadron 392nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 16113550 / O-813519
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32626310
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
6 January 1919 | BornTroy, Tennessee | |
Enlisted |
7 December 1940 | EnlistedFort Oglethorpe, Georgia | |
Other Discharged |
22 July 1945 | ||
Died |
3 March 1964 | ||
Buried |
6 March 1964 | InterredMount Moriah CemeteryTroy, Tennessee |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.b-24.net/aircrew/pnames.html