Robert Mixon, Jr.


1944

Agriculture

Yemassee, SC

Army Air Force, Staff Sergeant

385th Bomber Group, 548th Squadron

Purple Heart

1921

Nov 29, 1943

Killed in Action (KIA) in Flying Fortress over Bremen Germany

Ebenezer Cemetery, Hampton County, SC

NE

Additional Information

Missing Air Crew Report #1581
  •  Type of Aircraft: B-17 # 42- 30204 K “Gremlin’s Buggy”
  • Type of Incident: shot down by antiaircraft fire
  • 5 KIA, 5 POW
Crew List: 
Pilot – Lt. Richard Yoder            POW 
CP – 2LT. Robert Payne             POW 
Nav –  2Lt. Morton Breslau        POW 
B – 2Lt. William Hart                 POW 
TT/E – T/Sgt. James Kingdon    POW 
RO – S/Sgt. Theodore Schatz    KIA 
LW – S/Sgt. Edward Staman     KIA 
RW – S/Sgt. Forrest Megenhardt KIA 
TG – S/Sgt. RoySaye              KIA
S/Sgt Robert Mixon Jr.           KIA
 
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