Good Robert I.

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Robert I. Good is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-17G 44-6137 and B-17G 44-6137 Marker

Name:

Robert I. Good

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

35875913

Unit:

337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1945-01-29

State:

Ohio

Cemetery:

Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, Ohio

Plot:

Section 24, Lot 15

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Robert I. Good was born on August 29, 1920. He served in the 337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Nose Gunner on the B17 #44-6137 "The Abortion Queen" aircraft during World War II.

On January 29, 1945, while attempting assembly into a bomber stream scheduled to raid the marshalling railway yards at Bielefeld, Germany, his aircraft collided with that of Lt. Alex Phillipovich. Both aircraft exploded and crashed approximately 1/2 miles southeast of the airdrome. All 18 crew members aboard the 2 aircrafts were killed. SGT Good is now buried in the Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, USA.

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