Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
MC FADDIN, Robert E - Date of
birth
1920 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
York County, South Carolina -
Hometown
York County, South Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-801029 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
409th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
22 December 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, west of Texel, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Roy D. Mc Faddin (father)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-40974 -
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Boomerang II
Destination: Osnabrück, Germany
Mission: Objective Bombing
MACR: 2192
More information
2nd Lt Robert E. Mc Faddin graduated from Rock Hill High School in 1938 and attended University of South Carolina.He volunteered as an air cadet in December 1941.
When last sighted by reporting crews, A/C 974 Lt Daywalt was in the vicinity of 5238N – 0620E. At this point the group ran into intense flak and concentrated enemy fighter attacks. To avoid the flak the lead A/C took violent evasive action which scattered the formation. In the confusion and subsequent reforming into various groups, the where abouts of this missing A/C remains unknown.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Marc van den Berkmortel, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Rene Bosma, Tampa Bay Times - 13 January 1944