Robert W Zobac
MilitaryTop Row: Baker, Janulis, Mills, Griffith, Brucke, Zobac
Bottom Row: Korpan, Schmidt, Wilkinson, Luckenbach
Photo from Steven Korpan's collection
Enlisted in the USAAC on July 31, 1943. Stationed at Jefferson Barracks, MO. He entered the Aviation Cadets, Class 44-C at Washington Univ. on Sept. 9, 1943 but washed out in early 1944. On June 1, 1944, after gunnery training at Harlingen, TX, he qualified as a combat crew aerial gunner. He was transferred to Mountain Home, ID where on Sept. 20, 1944, he qualified for Class I flying crew. His flight crew became part of the 2nd Air Division, 445th BG upon their arrival at Tibenham, England on Jan. 14, 1945. From Feb. 16 to April 20, 1945, he flew 13 combat missions against targets in Germany and Czechoslovakia as a gunner in Asbestos Alice, a B-24M # 44-50525.
AM Oak Leaf Cluster
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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: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32028139
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Chicago, Illinois | 1 February 1920 | |
Died |
Chicago, IL, USA | 12 September 1977 |
Revisions
Birsic & Page 450 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia