Robert William Korber
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 1st mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Utrecht, Netherlands in B-17 44-8640; crashed into English channel. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12077925 / O-831280
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Section 8
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Albuquerque, NM | 1 January 1922 | Son of Albert P and Myrtle Helen Korber. |
Enlisted |
Santa Fe, NM | 18 August 1942 | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Died |
Off Benacre Ness | 7 May 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Utrecht, Netherlands in B-17 44-8640; crashed into English channel. KIA |
Buried |
8 May 1945 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 3 Grave 32 | |
Based |
Horham | 8 May 1945 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Hospitalised |
Hospitalised with mumps. Mar-45, released to duty Apr-45. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84825747/robert-w-korber-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529903644/robert-w-korber-american-battle-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/700624100/korber-robert-w-us-wwii-hospital…
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/3684
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56291455/robert-w-korber
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia