Robert E Kincaid
Military
Corrected Feibush >>> Feibusch in caption
Object Number - UPL 16276 - William H. Marra, Mike Wojicick (?), Ernst Feibusch, Robert Miner, James B. Eckman
Robert Kincaid was a Waist gunner in the 390th Bomb Group/571st Bomb Squadron. He was Killed In Action on his sixth mission on board B-17 # 42-102505 during the 22 June 1944 mission to Paris-Saint-Ouen, France. The ship returned to base. No MACR. A street in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California has been named in his honor.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11080280
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1995787
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39136243
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19089659 at enlistment, then O-717137
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1284491
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Odd Ball : Double In Brass
- Unit: 571st Bomb Squadron 390th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1944
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
25 May 1925 | Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa | |
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Enlisted |
16 February 1943 | San Diego, California | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
22 June 1944 | on B-17 # 42-102505, the sole casualty, as the ship was flown back to England | |
| Malvern Township, Mills County, Iowa | |||
| Chula Vista, San Diego County, California | |||
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Buried |
Initially buried at the Temporary Military Cemetery in Cambridge, England | ||
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Buried |
Robert Kincaid rests at the permanent American Cemetery in Coton, near Cambridge, Plot F, Row 1, Grave 18 |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
ABMC website
http://www.390thspace.com
Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 661 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
