Robert Francis Kearney

Military
media-38189.png UPL 38189 James B. Prevost crew, which was downed on the Brunswick mission 5 August 1944 in B-24 # 41-29359
Standing, left to right :
Pilot 2Lt James B. Prevost, Co-Pilot F/O Allen Boorse Jr (KIA), Navigator F/O Astor Perry, Bombardier F/O Robert F. Kearney, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner Sgt James C. Quillen.
Kneeling, left to right : Radio Operator Sgt Henry C. Howard, Left Waist Gunner Sgt John C. Colbert, Tail Gunner Sgt George A. Streeter, Ball Turret Gunner Sgt Raymond E. Barto, Right Waist Gunner Sgt Benjamin W. Dankosky.
The crew ditched in the North Sea on return from the Brunswick mission 5 August 1944. All were rescued by the ARS, except Co-Pilot Boorse, who apparently stayed stuck in the cockpit when the B-24 sank after ditching. (Photo Dankosky family)

Photo from www.458bg.com

Object Number - UPL 38189 - James B. Prevost crew, which was downed on the Brunswick mission 5 August 1944 in B-24 # 41-29359 Standing, left to right : Pilot 2Lt James B....

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Returned to Duty (RTD) from mission to Brunswick, Germany 5-Aug-44 in B-24 41-29359; A/C ditched due to fuel starvation. Picked up by ASR. RTD. MACR 8675.



Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13176148
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13125119 / T-62414
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33764791
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12228037
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35450626
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tail Wind
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.
  • Date: 5 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Worcester County, MA 29 August 1921 Son of Agnes E Kearney.

Enlisted

Boston, MA 16 September 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Returned (RTD)

North Sea 5 August 1944 Returned to Duty (RTD) from mission to Brunswick, Germany 5-Aug-44 in B-24 41-29359; A/C ditched due to fuel starvation. Picked up by ASR. RTD. MACR 8675

Based

Horsham St Faith 23 October 1944 Transferred to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Horsham St Faith 23 October 1944 Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 8675

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8675 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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