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Robert E. Kibler
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Rank
Aviation Electronics Technician Third Class, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
April 22, 1951
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Aviation Electronics Technician Third Class Kibler was a crew member of a PBM-5 Mariner patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 892 U.S. Navy. On April 22, 1951, on the return landing from a patrol over Korea to the Naval Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, his engine failed and the aircraft cartwheeled during an emergency landing in Iwakuni Bay, drowning him. |
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