Robert David Buckley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21258.jpeg UPL 21258 Robert D Buckley - Ogden, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21258 - Robert D Buckley - Ogden, KIA

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

An airman of the 391st Bomb Group wearing a service dress jacket and kilt. Written on slide casing: '391 BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95865) nicknamed "Sky Hag" of the 391st Bomb Group.
  • Date: 23 December 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Matching airfield looking south, the technical site is on the left, 19 July 1948. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/62.English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Matching Green

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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