Robert John Might

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-20551.jpeg UPL 20551 S/Sgt Robert John Might (courtesy of the Might family via Jerry Zak)

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Object Number - UPL 20551 - S/Sgt Robert John Might (courtesy of the Might family via Jerry Zak)

Robert Might graduated from Fostoria High School and while there was an outstanding athlete, one of the few players chosen to captain both the football and basketball teams in his senior year. He attended Bowling Green State University for one year and was working at the National Carbon Co. in Fostoria, Ohio before his enlistment in the US Air Corps in October 1942. He trained as an aerial gunner at Tyndall Field, Florida; Lowry Field, Colorado; Gowan Field, Idaho; Wendover Field, Utah and Sioux City Air Base in Iowa. Sent overseas, he was assigned to the 306th Bomb Group / 369th Bomb Squadron as a Ball Turret gunner and flew many missions until the fateful one on 22 February 1944. Robert Might was not a regular member of the William Quaintance crew and volunteered for the 22 February mission as a replacement for Quaintance’s regular Ball Turret Gunner, S/Sgt Robert E. Hayes, who had reported sick. Robert was Killed In Action in the loss of B-17# 42-31695 on 22 February 1944.

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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: 33551808
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31158525
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17128889
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34201982 and O-632869
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13056724 and O-739471
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

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

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fostoria, Ohio, USA 6 June 1922 (stepson of Nicholas and Dorothy Sasala)

Enlisted

Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio, United States 16 October 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

near Kirchen, Germany 22 February 1944 in the loss of B-17 # 42-31695

Buried

Kirchen, Germany 26 February 1944 Initially buried in the Kirchen cemetery
Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, United States

Buried

Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Ohio, United States His remains were brought back to the USA after the war

Revisions

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Contributordecwriter
Changes
Sources

NARA files verified AM w/one oak leaf cluster. Based on date of entry he was awarded the ACM and earned at least one bronze star on the EAME Campaign Medal. His Purple Heart was posthumously awarded.

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 2652
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Data from research made on the crew of 42-31695 by Jerry Zak, nephew of Engineer Joseph Strukel (KIA)
US Census 1940

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2652 / MACR 2652, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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