Robert F Perkins

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Made a forced landing due to poor weather SW of RAF Newmarket during a ferry flight on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31187. RTD. Shot down by fighters just prior to the target Berlin and crshed S of Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31896 'Hell and High Water'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31187

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Buckeye Boomerang
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

42-31869

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell and High Water
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

6 March 1944

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 6 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2899 / MACR 2899, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database