Adelbert M Robinson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-24 #4240133. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron 814th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19060906 / O-724581
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12038268
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32229931
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35029645
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-792464
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
20 December 1943 | ||
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Born |
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA | ||
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Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 20 December 1943 |
Revisions
93rd Bomb Group Sortie Report for 1 Aug 1943 Operation Tidal Wave mission confirms Adelbert M. Robinson on Joseph Avendano Crew.
NARA files verified TSgt Robinson received the DFC for Operation Tidal Wave (OTW) mission while flying with Joseph Avendano crew on B24 #41-24192 "Dogpatch Raiders." He was awarded the AM w/2 oak leaf clusters for earlier flights ending in October 1943 and received the PH posthumously for 20 Dec 1943 mission when he was KIA.
Of note, the official 93rd Bomb Group Sortie Reports for 1 Aug 1943 lists him with the Avendano Crew and not the Roy Martin Crew. His Find a Grave entry mentions he flew with the Bird Crew during the OTW mission, but 1st Lt Martin was the Captain of the aircraft, not 2nd Lt Luther Bird.
ABMC; MACR 2188 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2188 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
