Robert Anthony Klink

Military
media-49974.jpeg UPL 49974 B-24 42-52640 'Dipsy Dee', 839BS, 487BG with Lt Zeigler and crew.

Rear (L-R): S/Sgt Donald P. Mann (WG), S/Sgt Francis D. McCann (RO), Morris (passenger-not a crew member), S/Sgt Robert M. Allard (TG), S/Sgt Stanley Goldstein (TTG), S/Sgt James D. Bonds (BTG)
Front (L-R): 1st Lt Arlon F. Ziegler (P), 2nd Lt George C. Mackenzie (CP), 1st Lt Robert A. Klink (B), 1st Lt John R. Pearson (N)

Object Number - UPL 49974 - B-24 42-52640 'Dipsy Dee', 839BS, 487BG with Lt Zeigler and crew. Rear (L-R): S/Sgt Donald P. Mann (WG), S/Sgt Francis D. McCann (RO), Morris...

Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16040221 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satchel Lass
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dipsy Dee
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a 487th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Bashful Marion". The woman in the nose art is separately named ""Wrong Way" Kairis", and two names are inscribed under the cockpit window (covered by a sheet), a crewman called "Skipper" Schlemm and the crew chief, Technical Sergeant Joe Perisie. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487BG.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bashful Marion
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron 839th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Syracuse, NY 27 August 1923 Son of Edward Joseph and Helen C. [Senke] Klink.

Died

Jupiter, FL 23 December 2003

Buried

Riverside Memorial Park Martin County, FL 26 December 2003 Riverside Memorial Park Martin County, Florida

Based

Lavenham Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorIWMPM
Changes
Sources

487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thK.htm

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Combat Sup, Unit Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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