Robert Plummer
MilitaryL-R: S/Sgt Edwards, Swanson, Capt Griffin, 1Lt Effinger, Lt Taylor.
L-R: T/Sgt Eason, S/Sgt Henderson, T/Sgt Schwartz, S/Sgt Wiegand, S/Sgt Plummer.
13-Jun-42 Assigned as Ball Turrest Gunner of B-17F 42-5434 [PU-J] "Lady Luck" 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. Neither the date of his arrival at Molesworth, UK nor the aircraft on which he arrived there could not be determined from 303BG records. His first combat mission was as Ball Turret Gunner of B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS on 12-Mar-43.
18-Mar-43 despatched on mission to Vegesack, Germany, a strongly fortified shipbuilding region. B-17 42-5723 piloted by L. Griffin returned from mission with an excellent wheels up landing in a field about 4 miles from Molesworth. Crew suffered no injuries. Later crew flew B-17 42-5434 "Lady Luck", 303BG/360BS
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 31 March 1943
- Date: 28 March 1943
- Date: 22 March 1943
- Date: 18 March 1943
- Date: 13 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 13 June 1942 | Assigned as Ball Turret Gunner of B-17F 42-5432 "Lady Luck", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
Other Mission #1, SGT Robert Plummer, w/B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS |
Rennes, France | 8 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rennes, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, SGT Robert Plummer, w/B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS |
Amiens, France | 13 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Amioens, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, SGT Robert Plummer, w/B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS -RTD |
Bremen-Vegesack, Bremen, Germany | 18 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat construction yards at Vegesack, Germany. The aircraft sustained battle damage but the pilot was able to fly the aircraft back to England and make a wheels-up crash landing in a field. He was not injures and Returned to Duty. (RTD). |
Other Mission #4, SGT Robert Plummer, w/B-17F 42-5434, 303BG/360BS -RTD |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 22 March 1943 | Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 42-5434 "Lady Luck", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the naval facilities and U-Baot pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #5, SGT Robert Plummer, w/B-17F 42-5434, 303BG/360BS |
Rouen, France | 28 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-5434 "Lady Luck", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #6, SGT Robert Plummer, w/B-17F 42-5434, 303BG/360BS |
Rotterdam, Netherlands | 31 March 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-5434 "Lady Luck", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the shipyards at Rotterdam, Holland. RTB OK. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Made connection to Aircraft 42-5434 and Mission of 13-Mar-43, 18-Mar-43, 22-Mar-43, 28-Mar-43 and 31-Mar-43 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Mission Reports of dates stated: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/025.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 31-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/027.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 28-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/026.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/025.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/024.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/023.pdf
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 8-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/021.pdf
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Loyd D. Griffin crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/360griffin.html
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added inital assignment info to Summary Biography; Made connections to Place, Aircraft (through 12-Mar-43) and Missions (through 12-Mar-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Loyd D. Griffin crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/360griffin.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 91, 303rd web site