Robert Edgar Semler
MilitaryRear L-R: Richard Crowell, Robert Semler, William Jernigan, Robert Pardue.
Front L-R: Charles Holley, Lloyd McCary, Raymond Thornburg, Stephen Koroluck, William Evans, Edward Lanning.
Assigned to 579BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Pardue Crew. 30 x missions. ETD
Return to ZOI. Flew to Bradley Field, CT on 42-50390.
Mission List: Brunswick, Tutow, Marquize, Bernburg, Zwickau, Lechfeld, Cuxhaven, Hamm, Brunswick, St Trond, Tutow, St Avard, *Brussels, *Paris, Lisieux
Montanaube, Politz, Berlin, Munich, Troarn, Corbie, ?? (Oil Dump), Pont-Aude-Mer, Kothen, Koblenz, Hamm, Cologne, Hamm, Minden, Bottrop.
Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.
*- Flown with 489BG
?? - mission only ID'd by compass references.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 579th Bomb Squadron 392nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 34003622 / O-806331
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
21 June 0007 | ||
Born |
Ashland, Ohio | 3 December 1920 | BornAshland, Ohio |
Enlisted |
Cleveland, Ohio | 7 August 1942 | EnlistedCleveland, Ohio |
Other Commissioned |
16 September 1943 | Commissioned2nd Lt | |
Other Discharged |
19 July 1945 | ||
Buried |
Ashland Cemetery Ashland, Ohio | 24 June 2007 | InterredAshland CemeteryAshland, Ohio |
Revisions
392nd Bomb Group Roster 1981 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
392nd Bomb Group Roster 1981 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia