World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert F. Emick
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Arnold A. Wright
Relationship
Friend
ASSIGNED DUTY AS A NAVIGATOR ON A B-24 BOMBER AND ON JULY 24, 1944, AIRCRAFT WAS ATTACKED BY ENEMY FIGHTERS. RADIO OPERATOR, BALL, WAIST, TAIL AND NOSE GUNNERS WERE ALL KILLED. BAILED OUT AND WAS CAPTURED. PLACED IN HOSPITAL IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY AND ON OCTOBER 12, 1944 WAS CONFINED TO STALAG LUFT III.