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IGO, Robert Baldridge - Date of
birth
12 February 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-791439 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
365th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 February 1943 - Place of
death
Estuary of Jadebusen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Robert L. Igo (father)
Laura J. Igo (mother)
Mary J. (Gibson) Igo (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-24623 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 16054
More information
Robert B. Igo attended college and was an architect.He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on 6 November 1941. He trained at Maxwell Field, Alabama and received wings in Columbus, Mississippi in July 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1942.
The airplane was hit by flak and ditched in the estuary of Jadebusen, Germany.
Five crew members survived and were taken prisoner, five men were killed.
One of the pictures was taken in 1937.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File, Greater Latrobe High School - Latrobean Yearbook 1947
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Greater Latrobe High School - Latrobean Yearbook (Latrobe, PA) - Class of 1947, Tom Meyers