Robert L Boebel
Military
42-29365
466th BG | 787th BS
08 Apr 1944 National Archives and Records Administration
A/C # in IWM Database is incorrect as stated (41-29365)
It SHOULD BE 42-29365.
Object Number - UPL 42639 - MACR 3840 42-29365 466th BG | 787th BS 08 Apr 1944
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 684326
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Grant County, WI, USA | 4 March 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Crandon, Wisconsin | 20 April 1942 | |
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Other POW |
Barth, Germany | 9 April 1944 | Stalag Luft I |
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Died |
Beaver Dam, WI 53916, USA | 2 November 2014 | Robert "Bob" "Zeke" L. Boebel, age 95 of Fox Lake and formally of Boscobel, passed away on Sunday November 2, 2014 at the Hillside Manor in Beaver Dam. He was born on March 4, 1919 in Marion Township Grant County Wisconsin. The son of Charles and Christina (Frey) Boebel. He married Catherine Glynn on August 18, 1945 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Boscobel. She preceded him in death on December 4, 2010. Robert was originally commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps, served in the 8th Bomber Command during WWII as co-pilot for a B-24 Liberator. He was shot down on April 8th 1944 on his 4th mission over Germany and spent 14 months in a prison camp in Barth . He continued in the Reserve Air Force after the war attaing the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. His personal awards included the Purple Heart, POW and Air Medal.He is survived by three daughters Connie Boebel of Nashville Tenn., Kris (Russell) Schroeder of Horicon , Cathy (Norbert) Hanson of Horicon. Five grandchildren 14 great-grandchildren. One brother Lyle (Judy) Boebel of Marion Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents, along with infant twins John and Sandra Boebel. Two brothers Charles and Harry Sr. Boebel. One sister Kathryn Tetri |
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Buried |
Boscobel, WI 53805, USA | 6 November 2014 | Boscobel Cemetery Boscobel Grant County Wisconsin, USA |
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Other Shot Down/Bailed Out |
Vorsfelde, Germany | 8 April 1944 |
Revisions
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3840 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
