Robert Coate Snyder

Military
media-6516.jpeg UPL 6516 Hot Foot 2 or Axis Hot Foot
Rear L-R: Sgt Lloyd F Caubble, 1Lt Earl Miller, 1Lt Robert C Snyder, 1Lt William M Troutman, 1Lt C layton Raynes, Sgt William F Rae.

Front L-R: Sgt Leverne H Pliler, Sgt Kelly O'Keefe, Sgt Edward W Owens, Sgt Seaton M Woodley Jr.

https://www.fold3.com/image/646222526

Object Number - UPL 6516 - Hot Foot 2 or Axis Hot Foot Rear L-R: Sgt Lloyd F Caubble, 1Lt Earl Miller, 1Lt Robert C Snyder, 1Lt William M Troutman, 1Lt C layton Raynes, Sgt...

Assigned to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Miller crew. 25 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Duren 20-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30303 'Raider' with Lohlein crew; mechanical trouble caused plane to crash into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 903



Awards: AM (3 OLC), Croix de Guerre, PH.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

George B Lohlein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12025866 / O-529439
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Earl Pershing Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30303

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Raider II
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Two B-17 Flying Fortreses, including (serial number 42-30612), of the 94th Bomb Group fly together during a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse of print: '230612.'

42-30612

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hot Foot II, Freestrider
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Scranton, PA 18 April 1919 Son of Homer Hess and Hannah Jane [Coate] Snyder.

Enlisted

Wilkes Barre, PA 23 March 1942 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Died

Off Walcheren Islands 20 October 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Duren 20-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30303 'Raider'; mechanical trouble caused plane to crash into North Sea. KIA MACR 903

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Bury St Edmunds 20 October 1943 Assigned to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the spelling of the surname "Lohlein" in the "Summary biography" per MACR 903 at fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/28612830

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28612830
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763910
https://www.fold3.com/record/83768251-robert-c-snyder
https://www.fold3.com/record/529901877-robert-c-snyder
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294516/robert-coate-snyder

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 903 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Robert Coate Snyder: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 43078 - 2nd Lt Robert Coate Snyder, 94th BG

Object number: UPL 6516 - Hot Foot 2 or Axis Hot Foot Rear L-R: Sgt Lloyd F...