Robert B Hoyt Jr

Military

Flew 33 missions, got credited for 35 missions and sent home. Flew on 'Daddy's Delight'



DFC/Air Medal w/clusters

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97944

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Daddy's Delight
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bessemer, Alabama 20 February 1921

Died

2 November 1996

Buried

Columbus, Ohio

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / wife Anne