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Varney Robert F.

Name:
Robert F. Varney
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
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Unit:
308th Bombardment Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-05
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, Ohio
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Robert F. Varney was born on February 20, 1921 in Connecticut. He was the son of Chester Andrew Varney and Louise Martha Catherine Becherer Varney. 1st Lt Kenneth S Starcher and his crew (including 2Lt Varney) were lost on a 'routine' flight from Lingling Airbase on the late afternoon of 28 May 1944, departing during conditions 'overcast with thunderstorms'. The crew of B-24J #42-73309 'Trouble Maker'(v1) were lost somewhere on the short flight to Kweilin; the report lists the cause of the loss as 'unknown'. The crew are all listed KNB (died non-combat mission). Varney is now buried in the Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA.

He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com