Boock Robert Alfred

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Robert Alfred Boock is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Anglo-American Memorial 1939-1945 (4th & 474th Fighter Groups)

Name:

Robert Alfred Boock

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-885186

Unit:

334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1943-05-18

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Hear

Comments:

Robert Alfred Boock was born on May 15, 1920, in Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota. He was the son of Alfred C. Boock and Helen Madeline Ewart Boock.

Lt. Boock served with the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, and pilot of the P-47 #41-6404 "Old Red Ass." He was a former RAF flyer and one of the first to fly the P-47 Thunderbolt in action. Two of his 3 confirmed kills were gained in Spitfires. Lt. Boock was killed in action while flying over the North Sea. He is listed as Missing in Action on the Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov