Gilbert R Roberts
Military ROLL OF HONOUREnlisted in regular army cavalry at Fort Riley Jan-39. Transferred to field artillery in Dec-39, going to Hawaii as corporal with 52nd Field Artillery, at Fort Shaffer, Hawaii. Was at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii when the Japanese bombed that post and Pearl Harbor, 7-Dec-41. Operated an antiaircraft gun against the Japanese in that action. From Hawaii to Christmas Island, in the Pacific, helping repulse four enemy raids there. Overseas May-44 to England, to join the Eighth Air Force in ETO.
Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) St. Lo, France in B-24 42-94905 'Censored'; shot down by flak and crashed near St Lo. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7915
Awards: AM (OLC), AP, EAME, PH.
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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: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06975673 / O-790501
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Censored
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Reno County, KS | 17 July 1921 | Son of Gomer Roberts and Sadie F Flora. |
Other antiaircraft gunner at Pearl Harbor |
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii | 7 December 1941 | At Schofield Barracks, Hawaii when the Japanese bombed that post and Pearl Harbor, 7-Dec-41. Operated an antiaircraft gun against the Japanese in that action. |
Died |
Saint Lo, France | 24 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) St. Lo, France in B-24 42-94905 'Censored'; shot down by flak and crashed near St Lo. KIA MACR 7915 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Halesworth | 24 July 1944 | Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Glen Haven Memorial Park Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA | Glen Haven Memorial Park Sylmar, Los Angeles County, California | |
Enlisted |
Revisions
Early entry dates merited the American Defense Service Medal and continued service merited the ACM. He earned at least one bronze service star on the EAME Campaign Medal.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7915 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database