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Personal info

Full name
MICKEN, Robert Buckwalter
Date of birth
23 October 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
West Lampeter, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13067988
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Turret Gunner
Unit
705th Bombardment Squadron,
446th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 March 1944
Place of death
Four miles west of Celle, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 2 31

Immediate family

Members
Charles D. Micken (father)
Della F. (Buckwalter) Micken (mother)
Edwin W. Micken (brother)
Charles M. Micken (brother)
Anna M. Micken (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-29292
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Erkner, Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the ball bearing factory
MACR: 2964

More information

S/Sgt Robert B. Micken was a routeman before he volunteered for the US Army in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 17 April 1942.

Statement from John E. Corley:
"Aircraft B-24H, Number 41-29292 was attacked by enemy aircraft either FW-190’s or ME-109’s. Aircraft caught fire and went into a flat spin, crashed and burned. No parachutes were seen to open. It is believed that no one survived the crash. Crash occurred about four miles West of Celle, Germany."

S/Sgt Robert B. Micken is remembered at the Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery Lancaster in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Russ Picket / Gary Micken, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert / Donna Butler Scheaffer