Belk, Robert Kirk

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Belk, Robert Kirk ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-736681
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #93 dated 11 September 1943, effective 11 September 1943. Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #161, effective 7 December 1943. Transferred to the 15th Air Force, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 7 February 1944, effective 7 February 1944.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	7 February 1944
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1922 Transferred to the 15th Air Force, 301st Bomb Group, 353rd Bomb Squadron. POW on 25 February 1944, MACR 2722.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Ritt, Louis Eskel⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Rabby, Carlos James, Jr⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Belk, Robert Kirk	Navigator	TR
2nd Lt. Crown, Richard Keith, "Snake"⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Compton, James Harold⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. Birnbaum, Lester (NMI)⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Heintzelman, David Leroy⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Greene, Frank Palmer⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Stamm, Murray Raymond⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Myers, Guy Albert⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 7 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
28⇗	4 October 1943	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Navigator	42‑5086⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Bradwell Bay due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
30⇗	9 October 1943	Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany	Navigator	42‑5086⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
31⇗	10 October 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany	Navigator	42‑5086⇗	Combat Mission Credit Crew bailed out near Ipswich; aircraft continued in flight and crash-landed at Eye, Suffolk, killing a cow. Sortie Report⇗
33⇗	20 October 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany	Navigator	42‑29723⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗
--⇗	30 October 1943	Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑31058⇗	Sortie Report⇗
45⇗	22 December 1943	Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Navigator	42‑29717⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
47⇗	30 December 1943	Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	41‑24560⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Composite Squadron; turned back at 1016 hrs because of oxygen failure in top turret; system dropped to zero and after it was recharged to 250 lbs it again dropped to 120 lbs in 15 mins; 18 M47A1s rtd Sortie Report⇗
48⇗	31 December 1943	Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France	Navigator	42‑37727⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Alconbury; bombs returned. Sortie Report⇗
50⇗	5 January 1944	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany	Navigator	42‑39784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Bomb load included 'Nickles' (propaganda leaflets) in addition to six 500-pound bombs. Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Navigator	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Co-pilot	41‑24560⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Low group high Squadron. Did not take off. Sortie Report⇗

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