Robin Everett Taber
Military
Back L-R: SSgt. Walter C. Parkins (FG), TSgt. Philip E. Schmidlapp (TT), SSgt. Floyd M. Wingate (FG), TSgt. Arthur E. Brittain (RO), SSgt. Win R. Smalley (BT)
Front L-R: 1st Lt. Gordon K. Stallings (OBS/TG), Capt. Richard T. Carrington Jr. (AC/CP), Capt. Michael H. Smithwick (B), Capt. Raymond P. Ketelsen (P), 1st Lt. Robin Everett Taber (N)
384th Bomb Group collection
The Quentin Bland Collection.
Object Number - UPL 45632 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 29 July 1943/Kiel. Back L-R: SSgt. Walter C. Parkins (FG), TSgt. Philip E. Schmidlapp (TT), SSgt. Floyd M. Wingate...
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3231 'The Inferno', Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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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 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13096046
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19074146
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728581
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-404094
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot / Group Operations Officer / Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34124122
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Snuffy
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yankee Powerhouse II : Mary Kathleen
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Inferno
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 29 July 1943
- Date: 28 July 1943
- Date: 26 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Berkeley, CA | 27 June 1918 | |
| San Francisco, CA, USA | 1 December 1941 | ||
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Enlisted |
Cheyenne Rd, Francis E. Warren AFB, WY 82005, USA | 8 December 1941 | |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 15 August 1943 | Stalag Luft III Promoted to First Lieutenant on 20 March 1943 per 547th Bomb Squadron Unit History. As a POW, he was transferred to a hospital in Poland, due to some severe mental or physical problems that he experienced at Stalag Luft III, and was subsequetly repatriated on the Swedish vessel Gripsholm in June or July of 1944. |
|
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Erfstadt, Germany | 12 August 1944 | Aboard the Swedish ship Gripsholm |
|
Other Repatriated - Departed Sweden |
Gothenburg, Sweden | 10 September 1944 | |
|
Other Repatriated - Arrived in the U.S. |
New York, NY | 26 September 1944 | |
|
Died |
Fairfield, CA | 15 December 2002 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=3944
Also, correspondence with Robin Taber's son, Elkhorn.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 287 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
