Robert E Marrer
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 8 Nov 1942, on first mission, B-17F #41-24570 "Panhandle Doggie" 91BG/323BS suffered severe damage on the mission to bomb the German airfield Abbeville/Drucat but the plane returned with all crew and was salvaged. He was serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on that aircraft. The navigator and bombardier were wounded.
Killed in action on 3 January 1943 in B-17F #42-5084 'Panhandle Doggie II' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Aircraft sustained a direct hit from anti-aircraft fire over the target and crashed into the sea near Isle de Noirmoutier, France.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Noirmoutier, France | 3 January 1944 | Killed when aircraft took a direct hit from flak over the target and crashed into the sea near the Isle de Noirmountier, France. |
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 2286 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 10-Jan-2015. Added connections for 8 Nov-43 mission and aircraft B-17F 41-24570 per information collected from B-17 F 42-5084 per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 10-Jan-2015. Added 8-Nov-42 description to biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 10-Jan-2015. Added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC); added SN per MACR 2286; added crew position, DBR event, and biography per "Lossess of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2286, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 60