Sgt Robert Kenneth Buckley (1923-1945)

Sgt Robert Kenneth Buckley Veteran

Birth

23 Aug 1923

Colville, Stevens County, Washington, USA

Death

3 Feb 1945 (aged 21)

At Sea

Monument

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map

Plot

Tablets of the Missing

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He was the waist gunner on a B-17-G that ditched after sustaining heavy flak damage during a raid on Germany. Only 2 crew members survived. Sgt Buckley bailed out before the landing, and his body was never recovered.

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SGT 366 BOMB SQ 305 BOMB GP (H) WASHINGTON

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Entered the service from Washington.

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Sgt Robert Kenneth Buckley Veteran

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Lester Clayton Buckley

Irene Lena Burse Buckley