Robert Berry Powledge
Military
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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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fulton County, GA | 10 December 1919 | Son of Robert Lee and Nova [Cleone] Powledge. |
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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 |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Misssing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Based |
Bury St Edmunds | 17 July 1943 | Assigned to 534BS, 333BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Oak Ridge Cemetery Tifton, Tift County, GA | Memorialised Oak Ridge Cemetery Tifton, Tift County, Georgia |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorDanny Frenken
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Sources
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.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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