Robert D Sheehan
MilitaryPilot
Crew #451
466th BG - 784th BS
Sheehan and crew completed 7 missions as a lead crew ith the466th BG after transferring from the 467th BG
466th BG Archives
Lead Crew Pilot 30 missions. At Zwishennan, Germany Air Field lost #2 Engine lost main control cables. Switched on Auto Pilot cables. Maintained the group lead position - fixed main cables and returned to England safetly. Volunteered 1942. Served October 1942 until September 1, 1945.
2 DFC/ AM w/ 7 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Old Goat
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bradford, Pennsylvania | 12 May 1920 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich NR9, UK | 5 August 1944 - 30 August 1944 | 7 lead crew missions |
Died |
Tulsa, OK, USA | 23 October 1998 | |
Buried |
Tulsa, OK, USA | 26 October 1998 | Calvary Cemetery Tulsa Tulsa County Oklahoma, USA GPS (lat/lon): 36.03037, -95.9352 |
Revisions
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom - page330
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self * Page 404 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)