Robert J Swindle
Military ROLL OF HONOURhttp://www.303rdbg.com/news/2012-02-19.html (The Molesworth Pilot; 303rd Bomb Group Newsletter)
1-May-1942 Assigned as Navigator of B-17F 41-24619 [GN-S] "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 25-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "S-for-Sugar". Apparently he and the crew were re-assigned to B-17F 41-24607 [GN-W] "Jerry JinX", 303BG/427BS, no explanation was found in the records of 303BG on their website.
Shot down 23 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24607 'Jerry Jinx' while serving as Bombardier. Aircraft sustained damage from flak over the target at Lorient, France and crashed into the Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Crew position verified by crew records of the 303rd Bomb Group website, Gary Moncur, historian.
NOTE: Some data is COMBINED from an entry from Paul Andrews, Project Bits N' Pieces.
Participated in 6 Operations (1 was aborted) See Biography events.
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Units served with
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Missions
- Date: 22 November 1942
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 1 May 1942 | Assigned as Bombardier of B-17 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Bombardier aboard B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS. |
Other Re-assigned to Aircraft |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 21 November 1942 | Re-assigned with crew to B-17F 41-24607 "Jerry JinX", 303BG/427BS. Reason not found in available 303BG records. |
Other Mission #1, 2LT Robert J. Swindle, w/B-17F 41-24607, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Bombarider of B-17F 41-24607 "Jerry JinX", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, 2LT Robert J. Swindle, w/B-17F 41-24607, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24607 "Jerry JinX", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, 2LT Robert J. Swindle, w/B-17F 41-24607, 303BG/427BS |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24607 "Jerry JinX", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. RTB OK |
Other Mission #4, 2LT Robert J. Swindle, w/B-17F 41-24607, 303BG/427BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #5, 2LT Robert J. Swindle, w/B-17F 41-24607, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24607 "Jerry JinX", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained damage from flak over the target and crashed into the sea. Hia remains have never been recovered. |
Other Mission #6, 2LT Robert J. Swindle, w/B-17F 41-24607, 303BG/427BS - KIA |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24607 "Jerry JinX", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed into the Bay of Biscay, France and he was killed. KIA |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016 Made corrections to aircraft in Mission 5 event
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added Re-aassigned to aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added Arrival in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Ehle H. Reber crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-reber.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Ehle H. Reber crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-reber.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added initial assignment, arrival in UK event, and Operations participation to Summary Biography; made connections to all Missions per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Ehle H. Reber crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-reber.html
Lee Cunningham 21-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15473; Added Role per 303rd Bomb Group website, Gary Moncur, historian; Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Some data COMBINED from a duplicate entry from Paul Andrews, Project Bits N' Pieces.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15473, Losses of the 8th & 9th AF by Bishop & Hey Vol. I p. 66