The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert Williams Fluke
Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
8 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB GP
Date of Death
July 2, 1950
Staff Sergeant Fluke was the tail gunner of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 8th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group. On July 2, 1950, while on a combat mission the aircraft ran out of fuel and was ditched along the Korean Coast near Fujae-shima, Korea killing him. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.