World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Carl Chenoweth
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Calhoun County, West Virginia
Honored By
Calhoun Historical Society
ENTERED SERVICE SEPTEMBER 11, 1943 AND TRAINED AT SHEPPARD FIELD, TEXAS; EAST CENTRAL STATE COLLEGE, ADA, OKLAHOMA AND KINGMAN AIR FIELD, ARIZONA WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS AERIAL GUNNERY WINGS IN JULY 1944. WENT OVERSEAS IN NOVEMBER 1944. KILLED IN ACTION FEBRUARY 16, 1945. TAIL GUNNER ON A B-17 OVER YUGOSLAVIA, AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. THE ENTIRE CREW WAS REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION FOLLOWING A BOMBING MISSION OVER TARGET HALL MARSHALLING YARDS, AUSTRIA. THEY WERE BOMBING FROM ABOVE THE CLOUDS WHEN THEY RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT BY A BOMB FROM ONE OF OUR OWN PLANES FLYING IN ANOTHER FORMATION OVERHEAD, BREAKING INTO TWO PIECES. THE FRONT HALF OF THE PLANE BURST INTO FLAMES. 817TH BOMBER SQUADRON, 483RD BOMBER GROUP, HEAVY. BURIED IN LORRAINE AMERICAN CEMETERY, ST. AVOLD (MOSELLE), FRANCE. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND PURPLE HEART.