Robert Helman Kaurin
MilitaryUS GPR
DFC, AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
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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: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-703506
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Betty Lou
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Des Moines, Iowa | 8 February 1921 | |
Died |
Solano County, California, USA | 5 February 2016 | (aged 94) Solano County, California, USA |
Buried |
Fairfield, Solano County, California, USA | 29 March 2016 | Rockville Cemetery Plot Lawn A Row K Grave 17 |
Revisions
Added an association to Ridgewell, the home base for the 381st Bomb Group.
Updated his middle name and Added Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 158053450.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158053450/robert-helman-kaurin
Added an association to Mission #432 for Pilot Robert Kaurin as mentioned on page 37 in an article written by Kaurin for the Friends Journal Summer 2017 Vol.40 No.2.
Added the Awards listed in the "Summary biography".
Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Self