Robert J Collins
MilitaryAssigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5ERS, 8th USAAF. Transferred to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.
Involved in A/C crash landing in Oxford AB752 12-Feb-44. The right engine failed on takeoff from RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire and the landing gear collapsed upon returning to land on 12-Feb-44 in OXFORD AB752. RTD.
After T/O on withdrawal support mission to NE France on 6-Feb-44, P-47D crashed on landing at RAF Manston due to mechanical problem with the engine. Slightly injured and RTD.
Awards: WWWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Other Crashed |
26 June 1943 | Landing Accident Mitchel Field, NY Cat 3 damage Lt Robert J Collins, 26-Jun-43. P-47D 42-8264 - 359FS 356FG | |
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Other Crashed |
6 February 1944 | After takeoff on a withdrawal support mission to NE France in P-47D 42-8407 6-Feb-44, crashed on landing at RAF Manston due to mechanical problem with the engine. Slighly injured and RTD. | |
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Other Crashed |
12 February 1944 | Starboard engine failed on takeoff from RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire and the landing gear collapsed upon returning to land on 12-Feb-44 in OXFORD #AB752. Pilot Lt James H Thorne, RTD. | |
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Based Transferred |
2 May 1944 - 2 August 1944 | Transferred to 5ERS, 8th USAAF. | |
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Based |
2 August 1944 - 25 November 1944 | Returned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Based |
25 November 1944 | Transferred to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Based |
2 May 1944 | Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Born |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces