Robert Charles Knablein

Military

Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF (29-May-44). 31 x missions. ETD Transferred 12 RCD 15-Sep-44.

 

Mission List: Karlsruhe, Basdorf, Schwein, Juvincourt, La Perth, Brunswick, Kiel, Mery-Sur-Oise, Amiens, Oslebshausen, St Lo, Erfurt, Troan, Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken, Munich, Munich, Beaumont Le Roger, Madgeburg, Creil, Doullens, Laons, Nucourt, Pas de Calais, Artheux, Melun, Tours, Illiers L'Eveque, Orleans, Lisieux, Ferets de Cerisy, Berck.

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Glenn Leroy Barr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 68th Bomb Squadron 44th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 17115979
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Aircraft

42-110057

42-110057

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: '057'
  • Unit: 68th Bomb Squadron 44th Bomb Group

42-50381

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Corky

42-51101

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Corky
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Jose Carioca

42-52643

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jose Carioca
  • Unit: 68th Bomb Squadron 44th Bomb Group
T S Tessie

42-95001

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: T S Tessie
  • Unit: 68th Bomb Squadron 44th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois 27 May 1922 27 May 1922Chicago, Illinois

Enlisted

Chicago, Illinois 26 June 1942 EnlistedChicago, Illinois

Other

Discharged

3 October 1945

Died

Bellingham, Washington 26 July 2017 DiedBellingham, Washington

Buried

Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, Washington 29 July 2017 InterredTahoma National CemeteryKent, Washington

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/655910236

https://www.fold3.com/record/716847574/knablein-robert-c-us-veterans-gravesites-ca1775-2019

https://www.fold3.com/record/84404847/robert-c-knablein-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182298273/robert-charles-knablein

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139490480?objectPage=1072

 

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd