Robert Hunter Bolick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. 14-Oct-43 on return from Schweinfurt mission, B-17 42-30736 'Paper Doll' pilot killed by 20mm shell. Killed in Action (KIA)

 

Awards: SS, AM. PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Teddy G Bergstrom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Vincent J Caltagirone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Harold C Domedion

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Edward F Downs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Claims Officer

Harold M Edelstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-30736

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paper Doll
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Albemarle County, Virginia 16 June 1921 BornAlbemarle County, Virginia

Enlisted

Washington District Of Columbia 26 January 1942 EnlistedWashington District Of Columbia

Died

14 October 1943

Buried

Monticello Memorial Park Albemarle County, Virginia, 15 September 1948 Re-InterredMonticello Memorial ParkAlbemarle County, Virginia,

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Brought in source from duplicate record: Combat Chronology Supplement, p. 372 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 341-2; Snetterton Falcons, pg 61 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia