Robert C Corpening
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 67306
UPL 67306
384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 6 February 1944/ Nancy/Essey, France.
544th Bomb Squadron
384th Bomb Group
8th Air Force 212
42-31235
Grafton Underwood
James M Merritt
Orion R Allio
Keith M Garrison
Arthur J Drogue
Charles Daniel Bonnett
Thomas P Beckett
Alan Bradford Purdy
Donald Leroy Engwer
Robert C Corpening
Frederick W Plummer
James A Jakway
On
The Quentin Bland Collection. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35676/category/LeadCrews
Shot down May 1944 in B-17 #42-31495 'Wabbit Twacks', Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12086693 at enlistment, then O-688136
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wabbit Twacks
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
8 May 1944 | ||
Born |
Asheville, North Carolina, USA | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
France | 8 May 1944 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4561 / MACR 4561, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database