Name | Kilmer, Robert Bruce, Jr ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-671962 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943. |
Duty | Pilot / Co-pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 14 October 1943 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 842⇓ (3.690 MB) 1LT Donald P. Ogilvie Crew, 547th BS (Legacy)⇗ Oral History Interview⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Kilmer, Robert Bruce, Jr | Pilot | POW |
Flt. Ofcr. Brooks, Charlie A⇗ | Co-pilot | TBD |
2nd Lt. Carson, Thomas E⇗ | Navigator | TBD |
2nd Lt. Hicks, Chauncey Harold⇗ | Bombardier | TBD |
S/SGT. Harman, Raymond Eugene⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TBD |
S/SGT. Haigh, Herbert Joseph⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | TBD |
SGT. MacKay, Francis (NMI)⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TBD |
S/SGT. Richard, Eugene Trefflle, Jr⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TBD |
S/SGT. Sharp, Jack Tolson⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TBD |
S/SGT. Wilke, Thomas Edward⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TBD |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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7⇗ | 10 July 1943 |
Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑3231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
8⇗ | 14 July 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑30043⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
9⇗ | 24 July 1943 |
Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway |
Co-pilot | 42‑5848⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
11⇗ | 28 July 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑5848⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, deputy flight leader. Led wing after flight leader aborted. Sortie Report⇗ |
12⇗ | 29 July 1943 |
Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑5848⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
14⇗ | 12 August 1943 |
Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3216⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Bomb bay doors wouldn't open on bomb run; bombs dropped on target of opportunity 30 west of Gelsenkirchen. Sortie Report⇗ |
16⇗ | 16 August 1943 |
Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
17⇗ | 17 August 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Co-pilot | 41‑24416⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Aircraft loaned by 303rd BG for today's mission. Sortie Report⇗ |
18⇗ | 27 August 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑30033⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
19⇗ | 31 August 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑30005⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
21⇗ | 6 September 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑5849⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to station early after failure to draw more than 20 inches manifold pressure at 17,000 feet altitude. Sortie Report⇗ |
22⇗ | 7 September 1943 |
Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium |
Co-pilot | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
23⇗ | 9 September 1943 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
27⇗ | 2 October 1943 |
Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead.. Sortie Report⇗ |
28⇗ | 4 October 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
29⇗ | 8 October 1943 |
Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑30196⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
32⇗ | 14 October 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑31059⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Soissons, France; MACR 842. Sortie Report⇗ |