Robert J Owen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-44325.png UPL 44325 Robert J. Owen (photo Owen family)

Owen family

Object Number - UPL 44325 - Robert J. Owen (photo Owen family)

Shot down on return from mission to Oschersleben on 11 January 1944 in B-17 #42-39794. Crashed Natrup-Hagen, near Osnabrück, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

William Collins Dashiell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678182
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

George H Fee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6959404
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Togglier

Hilton C Mabie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680043
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Clifford M McKinney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31125144
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert Alton Parker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11055722
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-39794

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

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Killed in Action (KIA)

crashed Natrup-Hagen, near Osnabrück, Germany 11 January 1944 in the loss of B-17 #42-39794

Born

Putnam Co, Indiana

Buried

Fillmore, Putnam County, Indiana, USA Fillmore Cemetery

Revisions

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Added a Buried event and Updated a Born event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 38023982.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38023982/robert-j.-owen

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MACR 1929

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ContributorTanks
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Not the Same Robert J Owen MACR 10466

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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 1929 / MACR 1929, 8th AF Losses, WWII Memorial, The Killing Sky pg 48 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Robert J Owen: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 20592 - Official USAAF photo B-61068 AC – Original caption...

Object number: UPL 44325 - Robert J. Owen (photo Owen family)