Robert E Courtney
MilitaryAssigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40364 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'; shot down near the Yugoslavia/Bulgaria border by enemy fighters during withdrawal from the target. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 165
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, ACM, EAME w/2 campaign stars
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11037168 / O-791098
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Pink Elephant - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA | 23 January 1942 | Entered service from Geiger Field Spokane, WA. |
Died |
Macedonia (FYROM) | 1 August 1943 | |
Buried |
12 July 1949 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Grave 107, Section 15 | |
Spokane, WA, USA | |||
Born |
South Dakota |
Revisions
Updated awards and data in bio section.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49171417/robert-e-courtney
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions on the 1 Aug 1943 Ploesti raid.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 165