Robert J Marcott

Military
media-39091.jpeg UPL 39091 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England on 5 March 1944."

Rear L-R: T/Sgt Leo A Chruby, Col Herschel Streit, Lt Jesse R Pitts, Lt Robert J Marcott, Lt Lawrence Kundin, Sgt Raymond W Finicle, Sgt James E Williams, Sgt John E Snell.

Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Mike R Boyovich, Unkn, Unkn, Sgt Lopez, Sgt Stanley Robert Owens.

https://www.fold3.com/image/32190404

Object Number - UPL 39091 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England on 5 March 1944." Rear L-R:...

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM, PH (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Ernal W Bridwell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 2045066
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Hershell Elrod Joseph Streit

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14077074 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-107213

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rubble Rouser

42-30237

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stump Jumper
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 524th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (WA-P, serial number 42-32000) of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group after forced landing in Felpham, Sussex, 4 July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '4th July 1944. A/C shot up over France. F/L - crew safe. Rear of Downview Road. Houses (West Side) Felpham, Bognor Regis, Sussex. Resident who provided photo still corresponds with pilot - now solicitor. From P. Amos, 6 Patham Close, Littlehampton, Sussex.'

42-32000

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mojo Jr/ Twentieth Century
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Buffalo, NY 13 October 1923 Son of Samuel C and Elsa [Newman] Marcott.

Enlisted

Buffalo, NY 8 December 1941 Buffalo, New York

Died

Austin, TX 16 July 2015

Buried

Jacksonville National Cemetery Jacksonville, Duval County, FL 20 July 2015 Jacksonville National Cemetery Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Based

Kimbolton

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/83508443-robert-j-marcott
http://8thairforce.com/
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Volume 2: November 1942-July 1945
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171659648/robert-j-marcott

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-1945; p. 158. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Robert J Marcott: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 39091 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses in front of...

Object number: UPL 54736 - 42-39828 was assigned to the 524th BS of the the...