Robert R Mericle

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-41667.jpeg UPL 41667 Lt Robert Mericle.

USAAC

Object Number - UPL 41667 - Lt Robert Mericle.

Shot down on 16 February 1943 in B-17F 42-5058 'Hun Hunter' while serving as Bombardier. Aircraft was shot down by fighters on return from bombing the target of St. Nazaire, France and crashed at Molac, France. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

305th Bomb Group

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

364th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5058

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hun Hunter
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'

VIII Bomber Command 36

Date: 16 February 1943

Places

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born		4 June 1919	Salem, South Dakota
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Molac, France	8 November 1941 - 16 February 1943	Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed near Molac, France, at Le Favre.
Buried			Buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot H, Row 5, Grave 14.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

4 June 1919

Salem, South Dakota

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Molac, France

8 November 1941 - 16 February 1943

Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed near Molac, France, at Le Favre.

Buried

Buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot H, Row 5, Grave 14.

Revisions

Date19 Feb 2020 16:59:28

ContributormiAmigo

Changes

Sources

AMBC

Date20 Feb 2015 22:20:27

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 20-Feb-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15497; Made connections to lace and Mission within existing website data; Added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Added crew position and Loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:03

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15477 / MACR 15477 or MACR 15477, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 78 with a picture of the plane. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 41667 - Lt Robert Mericle.