Walter Stanley Robitzki
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy). Missing in Action (MIA) near Ostend, Belgium in B-17 44-8008
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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: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 32185261
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19106319
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38859370
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Kenny
- Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ruth
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 568th Bomb Squadron 390th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
Missions
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died Missing in Action (MIA) |
Ostend, Belgium | 19 March 1945 | 41D Squadron, Squadron Deputy. Hot Camera ship. Last seen over Ostend, Belgium on return, under control, and presumed to have landed away on the Continent. Aircraft and crew were lost, location uncertain. MACR 13566 |
Other Memorialized |
Cambridge, England | Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13566 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database