Robert Walter Evans Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 5 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) in B-17 42-97890 'Lil Satan'. A/C hit in nose by direct flak hit. Partially deafened by blast, baled out on 'prepare to bale' order. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 6738.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Karl Edmund Becker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17097931 / O-808295
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'

42-97890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Alabama, USA 19 June 1921 Son of Robert W Evans Snr.

Enlisted

Birmingham, AL 12 June 1942 Birmingham, Alabama

Died

60000 Beauvais, France 25 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) in B-17G 42-97890 'Lil Satan'. A/C hit in nose by direct flak hit. Partially deafened by blast, baled out on 'prepare to bale' order. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 6738.

Buried

Illois, France 26 June 1944 Interred Illois cemetery
Birmingham, Alabama

Buried

Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham Jefferson County AL Re-Interred Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham Jefferson County Alabama, USA

Based

Kimbolton 25 June 1944 Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 661; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 311