Franklin L Robertson

Military

While on a local test flight on 9 Feb 1944, P-51B #42-75204 was unable to maintain altitude due to engine problems and crashed near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. RTD.







Earlier 20 December 1943 while on a local test flight in P-47#42-7921 upon approach a/c caught fire as in an explosion. Robertson was partly blinded but managed to land a/c which ground looped to a stop. Robertson was removed by 2 bystanders while in a dazed state. RTD

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. I, p. 431, Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces