Robert L McKnight

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 4-Feb-43 in B-17F 42-5060 while serving as Waist Gunner. Original target was Hamm, Germany, but formation turned back because of weather. Aircraft crashed into the 6 6 miles east of Den Helder, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA) No MACR issued for this loss.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Den Helder, Netherlands 4 February 1943 Killed when aircraft crashed into the sea 6 miles east of Den Helder, Holland. Probably due to fighter attack. His remains have never been recovered.

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 29-Jan-2015. Added Decorations, confirmed SN, and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Name, crew position and KIA details correlated with "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography adding crew position per 'Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. No MACR was issued for this loss.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia