Robert E Sykes

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Dick Wong crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven mission 3-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31056; crew baled out due to runaway engine. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2494



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-745990
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

San Francisco, CA 19 November 1942 San Francisco, California

Died

NW of Wilhelmshaven, Germany 3 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven mission 3-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31056; crew baled out due to runaway engine. KIA MACR 2494

Born

Oakland, Almeda County, CA Son of Cedric Millard and Clara Glora [Kastor] Sykes.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Thurleigh 3 February 1944 Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Data entry correction, reference to 309BG corrected to 306BG

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2494 / MACR 2494, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database