Robert Berry Powledge

Military
media-54235.jpeg UPL 54235 1Lt Robert B Powledge, 94BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 54235 - 1Lt Robert B Powledge, 94BG.

Assigned to 534BS, 333BG, 8AF USAAF. 9 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) in B-17 42-3219 'Dear Mom' 17-Jul-43; crashed Heligoland Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 93



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

William L Alexander

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Albert Finkelstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Joseph F Griffeth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Arthur C Hiller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Warren F Hoffman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

"Dear Mom"

42-3219

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dear Mom
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fulton County, GA 10 December 1919 Son of Robert Lee and Nova [Cleone] Powledge.

Died

Off Heligoland 17 July 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) in B-17 42-3219 'Dear Mom' 17-Jul-43; crashed Heligoland Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 93

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Tablets of the Misssing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

Based

Bury St Edmunds 17 July 1943 Assigned to 534BS, 333BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Oak Ridge Cemetery Tifton, Tift County, GA Memorialised Oak Ridge Cemetery Tifton, Tift County, Georgia

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310952798
https://www.fold3.com/record/529879564/robert-b-powledge-american-battl…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56302844/robert-b-powledge
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84136510/robert-berry-powledge

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ContributorDanny Frenken
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I adopted the name of 1st LT Robert B Powledge on the wall of the missing at the US war cemetery at Margraten, Netherlands. Robert was Rewarded the airmedal and the purple heart.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 93; nephew, Dennis Morris, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey, p.185

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Object number: UPL 54235 - 1Lt Robert B Powledge, 94BG.