Robert Rudolph Kotnik

Military

Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Ken Hicks crew. 35 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ole Tulik
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Bottom view of silver military airplane in flight.  The letters JD and C are painted on the side.  There is a triangle painted on the tail and a circle with a star in the middle is painted on the side and wing.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 303rd Bomb Group

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, OH 1 January 1926 Son of James Kotnik.

Other

Discharged USAAF

20 April 1946 Honourable discharge.

Died

Columbus, IN 16 July 2004

Buried

Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Bascom, Seneca County, OH 19 July 2004 Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery Bascom, Seneca County, Ohio

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.