Robert David Buckley
Military ROLL OF HONOUR"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Assigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. 25 x missions. Failed to Return bombing mission to Arhweiler, Germany. B-26 43-34309 shot down by fighters and crashed 3 miles east of Arhweiler, Germany. S/Sgt Buckley was hit in the chest by a 20mm cannon shell and died instantly. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11651.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16056426 / O-705037
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Matching Green
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ogden, IA 50212, USA | 11 January 1924 | Grandson of Mary A Coleman. |
Enlisted |
Des Moines, IA, USA | 4 December 1942 | |
Died Killed in action |
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Hit in the chest by a 20mm cannon shell and died instantly. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11651. |
Buried |
Interred. | ||
Buried |
Ogden, IA 50212, USA | Memorialised Glenwood Cemetery Ogden Boone County Iowa, USA | |
Boone County, IA, USA |
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