Robert W Marx
Military ROLL OF HONOURAll information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Entire crew died when their plane (B24 42-50597) crashed in fog during takeoff at Hardwick on 19 December 1944 in an attempt to deliver air support to ground forces in Belgium during Battle of the Bulge. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Beaver's Baby
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Hardwick, Norfolk UK | 19 December 1944 | B24 42-50597 crashed in fog during takeoff. |
Born |
Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Buried |
Plot D Row 1 Grave 8 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include information from:
American Battle Monuments Commission;
http://eastangliamemorials.blogspot.co.uk/;
ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
American Battle Monuments Commission
http://eastangliamemorials.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/hardwick-roadside-cro…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Dec1944O.htm
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.446bg.com/