Robert William Buckler

Military
Robert Buckler UPL 61243 UPL 61243 S/Sgt Robert W. Buckler

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 61243 - S/Sgt Robert W. Buckler

Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 22 1/2 x missions. Damaged by fighter attacks on a mission to Poznan, Poland on 24-Feb-44, B-17 42-30661 'Veni, Vidi, Vici. ' landed in Sweden. INT.

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), GC, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

People

Albert Reynolds Montgomery

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-797579
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30661

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Veni, Vidi, Vici
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Lieutenant Paul Bensel and his crew of the 388th Bomb Group stand with a bomb, personally addressed to Hitler, and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5954) nicknamed "Mister Yank II" before the Regensburg Raid, August 1943. A B-17 nicknamed "Homesick Angel" is visible in the background.

42-5954

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mister Yank II
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Blawnox, Pennsylvania 25 August 1924 Born Blawnox, Pennsylvania

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 28 October 1942 Enlisted Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other

Interned (INT)

Rinkaby, Sweden 24 February 1944 - 24 April 1944 Landed Rinkaby, Sweden Interned

Other

Discharged

30 October 1945

Revisions

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Sources

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147018963/robert-w-buckler

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3080 / MACR 3080, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Robert Buckler

Object number: UPL 61243 - S/Sgt Robert W. Buckler