Shockey Robert M. �Bob�

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Robert M. �Bob� Shockey is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-24 Liberator (42-52759) Crash Memorial -493rd Bomber Group

Name:

Robert M. �Bob� Shockey

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

35161193

Unit:

862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group

Date of Death:

2020-01-20

State:

Indiana

Cemetery:

Roann Community Cemetery, Roann, Wabash County, Indiana

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Of Marion, Indiana. Gunner of an American heavy bomber, a D-24 "Liberator" from the U.S. Army 8th Air Force that crashed on the lawn of the chateau in Chambord after bombing an airport southwest of Paris and being crippled by antiaircraft fire and German fighter planes. He escaped the crash and the German patrols.