Robert V Folliard
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 57262 - SSgt Robert V Folliard 306th BG MIA 1 May 1943
Killed in Action (KIA). 1-May-43, assigned target was the U-boat yards at St. Nazaire and a navigational error on return took the group over heavily defended Brest. The B-17 42-29649 was attacked by fighters and caught on fire. The pilot landed at Cornwall, the BTG Maynard 'Snuffy' Smith was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on this day. Folliard was one of 3 who parachuted out of the burning plane and were lost.
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19061810
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34198412
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
New York City. NY | 13 January 1942 | New York City. New York |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
France | 1 May 1943 | |
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Born |
Queens County, New York | Son of William and Mollie C Folliard. | |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Based |
Thurleigh | 1 May 1943 | Assigned to 423BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289735/robert-v-folliard
Added an association to the 423th BS listed in the A/C #42-29649 description section.
Added an association to Thurleigh, the home base for the 306th BG.
Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Combat Chronology, MACR 0820, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 113-4, First Over Germany by Russell Strong pp. 105-7, ABMC and National Archives links on web sites of National WWII Monument. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
