Robert A Kist
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 3rd Combat Crew Replacement Center, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) short navigational flight out of Toome, Nth Ireland in B-26B 41-18072 when it crashed in an Antrim hills peat bog, tail first. Killed non Operational (KNO).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Unit
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center
- Service Numbers: 33067613 / O-815093
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lisnabreeny
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hamilton County, OH, USA | 28 November 1921 | Son of William F Kist. |
Enlisted |
Bldg 875, 7370 Minuteman Way, Lockbourne, OH 43137, USA | 17 February 1942 | Lockbourne AAF Columbus, Ohio |
Died |
Antrim BT41, UK | 4 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) short navigational flight out of Toome, Nth Ireland in B-26B 41-18072 when it crashed in an Antrim hills peat bog, tail first. Killed non Operational (KNO). |
Buried |
Lisnabreeny American Military Cemetery | 5 July 1944 | Interred Lisnabreeny American Military Cemetery |
Buried |
St Bernard, OH, USA | 14 July 1948 | Re-Interred St Mary's cemetery St Bernard Cincinnati Ohio |
Hamilton City, Ohio | |||
Based |
Toome | 4 July 1944 | Assigned to 3rd Combat Crew Replacement Center, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p.29, MACR 15113, NARA / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia