Robert Tilden Weaver
Military
Object Number - UPL 42138 - 1st Lt Robert Tilden Weaver, 568th BS, 390th BG, 8th AF.
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 23. Wounded in Action (WIA) over Germany early in 1945. Hospitalised till Nov-45.
Awards: BSM, AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME, MSM, UN and Korean Medals.
Post war: Re-enlisted in USAF serving in Korean and Vietnam conflicts, rising to rank of Lt Colonel by retirement from the USAF in 1974.
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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: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16036021
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11138584
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: NCO Bombardier / Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15015211
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball turret gunner
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Spencer County, KY | 18 October 1921 | Son of William Grigsby and Nancy Elizabeth [Beard] Weaver. |
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Enlisted |
Lexington, KY | 21 August 1942 | Lexington, Kentucky |
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Died |
San Antonio, TX | 14 September 2014 | |
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Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX | 17 September 2014 | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, TX |
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Other Advanced flight training |
Turner Field, Albany, GA | Pilot training: Turner Field, Albany, Georgia. | |
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Based |
Framlingham | Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Wounded in Action (WIA) |
Wounded in Action (WIA) over Germany early in 1945. | ||
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Other Hospitalised |
Hospitalised from wounds. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Weaver%2C+Robert+T
