Robert Bruce Koch

Military
media-44859.jpeg UPL 44859 B-17 42-107125 'Doasy Doats' 545BS, 384BG with partial Bob Koch crew.

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Object Number - UPL 44859 - B-17 42-107125 'Doasy Doats' 545BS, 384BG with partial Bob Koch crew.

Assigned to the 384th BG 547th BS on 6 June 1944, as crew pilot, per squadron history (microfilm A0641-00226). 29 x combat missions.





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Two men in uniform inside an aircraft . Both are wearing headphones. The man in the foreground is turning dials on a machine.

James Hart Kugler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33574719
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top turret Gunner, Togglier, Flexible Gunner
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. There are canvas bags on the ground in front of the men

Donald O Loomis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Jesse G McCoy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 38370030
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Normand Joseph Vicknair

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38483060
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

44-6149

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hot After It
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Reading, PA 8 October 1921 Son of Charles Brumbach and Carrie M [Helwig] Koch.

Enlisted

Reading, PA 29 June 1942 Enlisted - Reading, Pennsylvania

Died

Palm Harbor, FL 30 April 2007

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/542737185
https://www.fold3.com/record/17298357-robert-b-koch

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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2142

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NARA files verified DFC and AM w/3 oak leaf clusters.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/542737185
https://www.fold3.com/record/17298357-robert-b-koch
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2142

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General Order 588 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Brigadier General Turner, dated 6 December 1944.

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384thbombgroup.com

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384thbombgroup.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

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