Walter Stanley Robitzki

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy).  Missing in Action (MIA) near Ostend, Belgium in B-17 44-8008

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Peter R Bongiorno

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 32185261
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William Ralph Brooks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19106319
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Joseph B Clemis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38859370
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Emmett Patrick Culhane

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Charles L Fell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-102459

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Kenny
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group

43-38801

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ruth
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

43-39138

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 568th Bomb Squadron 390th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group

44-6590

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

44-8008

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group

Missions

896

  • Date: 19 March 1945
  • Official Description:

892

  • Date: 17 March 1945

883

  • Date: 12 March 1945

881

  • Date: 11 March 1945

845

  • Date: 24 February 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Missing in Action (MIA)

Ostend, Belgium 19 March 1945 41D Squadron, Squadron Deputy. Hot Camera ship. Last seen over Ostend, Belgium on return, under control, and presumed to have landed away on the Continent. Aircraft and crew were lost, location uncertain. MACR 13566

Other

Memorialized

Cambridge, England Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13566 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database