Robert Coleman Imhoff was born on September 29, 1923, in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. He was the son of Fayette Phillis Hay Imhoff. He graduated from Lewis and Clark High School, attended Gonzaga University, and was later a student at Washington State College, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta before leaving to enter military service. He served in the 702nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and Waist Gunner of B-24 #42-50321 nicknamed ''Fort Worth Maid'' during World War II.

On September 27, 1944, “Fort Worth Maid” was lost during the disastrous Kassel mission over Germany. The aircraft departed RAF Tibbenham as part of a formation sent to bomb the Henschel armored vehicle works at Kassel, but navigation difficulties caused the 445th Bomb Group to become separated from the main bomber stream and its fighter escort. After releasing their bombs and turning for home, the isolated formation was heavily attacked by large numbers of German fighters, primarily Fw-190s and Bf-109s, over the Werra Valley. The intense and coordinated assaults devastated the unescorted bombers, and Fort Worth Maid was shot down over Germany along with many others from its group.

SSgt Imhoff was Killed in Action and is now buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Département de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.

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