Robert Earl Banta

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-37982.jpeg UPL 37982 Second Lieutenant Robert E. Banta

Photo of 2/Lt Robert E Banta. Source: Banta family album

Object Number - UPL 37982 - Second Lieutenant Robert E. Banta

Killed in Action (KIA) 12 September 1944 in B-17 #42-97368 'Tailwind'.

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

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

368th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Anthony J Carlino

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32529064 at enlistment, then O-716627
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Eugene Thomas Carroll

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33148924
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

James Thomas McStay

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: T-190746 / O-1995801
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Virgil Septimus Mitchelson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36480415
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

David Ricci Revolti

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11119458
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-97368

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Tailwind
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 601st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	4 February 1921	Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States
Enlisted	25 August 1942	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Other Killed In Action (KIA)	12 September 1944
Buried	13 September 1944	at the municipal cemetery in Massow, 5km NE of Freyenstein, Germany
		Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin
Buried		after the Liberation, his remains were moved to the temporary American Military Cemetery in Metz, France
Buried		his remains were brought back to the USA in 1948. Robert Banta rests at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin

Revisions

Date19 Mar 2020 11:03:44

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, events, person associations and mission associations

Sources

MACR 8834
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII Enlistment records
German captured documents KU-2940 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147898539
German captured documents AV1291/44, page 50 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238567

Date1 Feb 2020 18:54:12

Contributorjmoore43

ChangesChanges to biography and events

Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Changed the label of the “POW” event to "Killed in Action (KIA)".

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:10

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8834 / MACR 8834, First Over Germany pg 275 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database