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Personal info

Full name
ROBBINS, Edward L
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Craig, Holt County, Missouri
Hometown
Holt County, Missouri
Ethnicity
White

Military service

Service number
O-677572
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
409th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1944
Place of death
Bourgogne-Fresne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 38 50

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Robbins (father)
Anna E. (Pearce) Robbins (mother)
Virginia A. Robbins (sister)
George R. Robbins (brother)
Dorothy P. Robbins (sister)
Ethyle M. Robbins (sister)
Emmett F. Robbins (brother)
Oscar H. Robbins (brother)
Ora F. Robbins (brother)
Jane A. (Meyer) Robbins (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-100248
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Bar Fly
Destination: Pforzheim, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city center
MACR: 3563

More information

1st Lt Edward L. Robbins entered the service from Missouri.

The aircraft was hit by flak over the target and during the return flight, the formation was attacked by enemy fighters.

Nine crew members were killed and one was taken prisoner.

Lt Robbins was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.

A monument near the corner of the Rue de la Libération and the Avenue du Dr. Manichon in Bourgogne-Fresne, France was erected near the site were two B-24s crashed on 1 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.google.com 

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Gary Hawthorne, www.ancestry.com - dlherbel, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-D, Blackland AAF, Waco, Texas

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