Robert E Joyce
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 30 December 1942 in B-17F 42-5078 while serving as Right Waist Gunner. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Assigned to target submarine base at Lorient AC was reported to have left formation to assist AC 42-2975 of the 306th BG which was attacked by fighters. The 306th bomber had joined the 305th formation after cloud cover had obscured their own squadrons. Fighters also attacked B-17 42-2975 which was shot down. Killed in Action (KIA)
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the sea near Lorient, France. His remains were never recovered. |
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Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2014. Added crew position to biography and added KIA event per "Losses of the 9th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop and John A. Hey MBE. added SN, decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Heys Vol. 1 p 56 No MACR