The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Robert P Harcus

840th

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Army serial number
36801057
Rank
SSGT (14 June 1944), TSGT (6 July 1944), TSGT (2 January 1945)
Hometown
RACINE WI; Racine WI; Racine, WI
Also written
Robert Harcus
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 176
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 36801057); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 June 1944Air Medal1048SSGT
6 July 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster1604TSGT
6 July 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster1608TSGT
2 January 1945Air Medal, 4th oak leaf cluster14TSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

1 entry, first 6 October 1944, last 6 October 1944. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

National Archives pages: roll 572487240 p. 2520

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 13: Robert Parrmann Harcus · 14 June 1944
AFPPA-12
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1.
Your name Robert Parrmann Harcus
Rank Serial No 36801051
2. Organization +83rd Gp Commander Barton
Rank Col.
Sqn CO
Seith
Rank taj.
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year 1943
month June
day 14
did you go down?
4. What was the mission, Budapest , target, - oil Refineries
target
time,
11:15 A.1
,altitude, 22,500 it.
route scheduled,
?
, ,route flown
?
5. Where were you when you left formation ? About five minutes after dropping
bombs.
6. Did you bail out?
Yes
7. Did other members of crew baf} out? Yes, four others- Clinton Allinson
/SCT.
Charles Pickett S/Sgt. -Herman O. Jengen S/Sgt.-Willian Jackson / SCG.
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
indiviqual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No Knowledge". The four men mentioned
above all walked out of Yugo. with myself, Three of them came back
on the same boat to the shates. Allinson, the one that didn't com
back with us, cane home two months later or about Dec. 1943.
9. Where did your aircraft strike the ground?The other five on the crew made
it back to the base in the plane
10. What members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual ;uestionnaires) As mentioned above,
the five men of the crew that didn't jump made it back to our
base. safely.
11. Where were they in aircraft? _Topturret-oilot-co-pilot-navigator-bombaroiet
12. What was their condition? Too scared to jump, I would say,
13.
When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above?
14.
Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information.
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
a-1
6-3862, AF

National Archives, MACR 6419, page 13 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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