Robert John Dippold
MilitaryAssigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Robert Koch crew. 34 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39137658
- Role/Job: Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16113296 / O-705908
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17115041
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flexible Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-762768
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31298176
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Buffalo, Erie County, NY | 23 July 1922 | Son of Frank and Frieda M Dippold. |
Enlisted |
31 December 1942 | ||
Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 26 June 1944 | Promoted to Staff Sergeant. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
25 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
4 March 1997 | ||
Buried |
Saint Stanislaus Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, NY | 7 March 1997 | Saint Stanislaus Cemetery Buffalo, Erie County, New York |
Based |
Grafton Underwood | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/78829827
https://www.fold3.com/image/671827054
https://www.fold3.com/record/11008223-robert-j-dippold
https://www.fold3.com/record/712614450-dippold-robert-j
https://www.fold3.com/record/626003101-robert-dippold-1922
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5440
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213464351/robert-john-dippold
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…