Robert Stanley Liscavage was born on July 2, 1922, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Leona E. Walkowiak Liscavage. He served in the 368th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and Ball Turret Gunner of B-17F #41-24514 during World War II.

On March 8, 1943, the B-17F #41-24514 departed Station 111 at Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, at 11:45 on a mission against the Rennes marshalling yards in France. At 14:30, over Plouguenast (Côtes-d’Armor, France), the bomber was attacked and shot down by a German Fw 190 fighter. The crew bailed out by parachute; however, the pilot was killed when his chute failed to open at low altitude. The majority of the crew were captured and spent the remainder of the war as prisoners, while one evaded capture and made it back to the United Kingdom with assistance from the local resistance and a fishing boat escape.

SSgt Liscavage was taken as a prisoner of war and held at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria. He was discharged from the service on August 27, 1945. After the war, he worked with General Motors as a Superintendent. He later pursued his passion for horses as a trainer, racer, and race judge for the New York State Horsemen's Association. He died on September 2, 2016, and is now buried in the Holy Trinity Lithuanian Cemetery, Bear Creek Village, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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