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.