Robert Mercer Courtaway
MilitaryAssigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Survived crash on return from Bremen in B-24 427647 13-Nov-43; Crashed into trees a mile east of base. Returned to Duty (RTD)
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Akron, OH | 14 June 1920 | Son of Fred T and Lucille Courtaway. |
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Enlisted |
Cleveland, Ohio | 1 April 1943 | |
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Other Crash off base |
1 mile E of Shipdham, UK | 13 November 1943 | Survived crash on return from Bremen in B-24 427647 13-Nov-43; Crashed into trees a mile east of base. Returned to Duty (RTD) |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
13 May 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Clearwater, FL | 6 April 1994 | |
| Normandy, St Louis, MO | |||
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Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/618617014
https://www.fold3.com/image/210884489?rec=210884537
https://www.fold3.com/record/66763823-robert-m-courtaway
https://www.fold3.com/record/628799810-robert-courtaway-1920
http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROHN43.pdf
https://ogsfl.org/cstm_floridaObituary.php?page=49&nr=200&scl=lna
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 371