Lt. Robert Charles Seilkop
Kentucky Post, Monday, 10 September 1945, page 1
SOUTHGATE OFFICER-First Lt. Robert C Seilkop, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Seilkop, of 248 Linden Avenue, Southgate, was killed when a B-29 Super Fortress crashed Friday night near Wedowee, Ala. according to word received by his parents from the War Department. The War Department informed his parents that six other members of the crew were killed in the crash. The bodies of the seven men could not be identified. All will be buried in a national cemetery.
Lt. Seilkop, a flight engineer on the J-29 was the husband of Mrs. Mildred B Seilkop, who resides at Gulfport, Miss. Mrs. Seilkop informed the lieutenant's parents that the bodies were removed to Maxwell Field, Miss. A graduate of Newport High School, Lt. Seilkop attended the University of Cincinnati. He was a track and swimming star in school. Lt. Seilkop, a member of the Bethany Lutheran Church, Covington and the Campbell County Youth Council, was an employee of the Wright Aeronautical Corp. Lockland O. before entering the service three and a half years ago.
Mr. Seilkop, father of the lieutenant operated a garage at Seventh and York Streets, Newport, for a number of years. A member of the Newport Board of Civil Service Examiners, Mr. Seilkop was an instructor at the Northern Kentucky State Vocational School, Covington, during the war.
Mr. Seilkop, wife of the victim informed Mr. and Mrs. Seilkop that she would return to northern Kentucky as soon as transportation would be available. Three members of the crew of 10 were believed to have bailed out of the plane before it crashed.