Robert L Cardenas
MilitaryReferences
Derek Horne, "Brigadier General Robert L. 'Bob' Cardenas," Lycos Network Website, available at: http://derekhorne.tripod.com/cardenas.html.
"Brigadier General Robert L. Cardenas". Washington, D.C.: United States Air Force. September 1, 1971. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
Telegram from U.S. Military Attaché, Bern, Switzerland to U.S. War Department, Number 1261, dated 23 March 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, RG 319, E57.
See 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties (2005), p.243-4, available at http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROH.pdf.
Telegram from U.S. Military Attaché, Bern, Switzerland to U.S. War Department, Number 1422, dated 29 May 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, RG 319, E57.
Internment Data Card of Robert Cardenas, Swiss Federal Archives, Bern, Switzerland, Box E 5791 1988/6.
Modern Marvels: Extreme Aircraft s11-e33, 21-26min. History Channel, August 25, 2004. Retrieved: August 25, 2012.
"National Aviation Hall of Fame reveals names of four to be enshrined in "Class of 2015"". Dayton, Ohio: National Aviation Hall of Fame. December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
Severely damaged by flak after making two bomb runs over th target of Friedrichshafen, GR on 18 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-100073 'Sack Artist' crashed near Dubendorf, Switzerland after the crew baled out. Interned.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 24 February 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
San Diego, California, USA | ||
Other Interned (INT) |
Austria | 18 March 1944 |
Revisions
References
Derek Horne, "Brigadier General Robert L. 'Bob' Cardenas," Lycos Network Website, available at: http://derekhorne.tripod.com/cardenas.html.
"Brigadier General Robert L. Cardenas". Washington, D.C.: United States Air Force. September 1, 1971. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
Telegram from U.S. Military Attaché, Bern, Switzerland to U.S. War Department, Number 1261, dated 23 March 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, RG 319, E57.
See 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties (2005), p.243-4, available at http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROH.pdf.
Telegram from U.S. Military Attaché, Bern, Switzerland to U.S. War Department, Number 1422, dated 29 May 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, RG 319, E57.
Internment Data Card of Robert Cardenas, Swiss Federal Archives, Bern, Switzerland, Box E 5791 1988/6.
Modern Marvels: Extreme Aircraft s11-e33, 21-26min. History Channel, August 25, 2004. Retrieved: August 25, 2012.
"National Aviation Hall of Fame reveals names of four to be enshrined in "Class of 2015"". Dayton, Ohio: National Aviation Hall of Fame. December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
References
Derek Horne, "Brigadier General Robert L. 'Bob' Cardenas," Lycos Network Website, available at: http://derekhorne.tripod.com/cardenas.html.
"Brigadier General Robert L. Cardenas". Washington, D.C.: United States Air Force. September 1, 1971. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
Telegram from U.S. Military Attaché, Bern, Switzerland to U.S. War Department, Number 1261, dated 23 March 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, RG 319, E57.
See 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties (2005), p.243-4, available at http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROH.pdf.
Telegram from U.S. Military Attaché, Bern, Switzerland to U.S. War Department, Number 1422, dated 29 May 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, RG 319, E57.
Internment Data Card of Robert Cardenas, Swiss Federal Archives, Bern, Switzerland, Box E 5791 1988/6.
Modern Marvels: Extreme Aircraft s11-e33, 21-26min. History Channel, August 25, 2004. Retrieved: August 25, 2012.
"National Aviation Hall of Fame reveals names of four to be enshrined in "Class of 2015"". Dayton, Ohio: National Aviation Hall of Fame. December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
References
Derek Horne, "Brigadier General Robert L. 'Bob' Cardenas," Lycos Network Website, available at: http://derekhorne.tripod.com/cardenas.html.
"Brigadier General Robert L. Cardenas". Washington, D.C.: United States Air Force. September 1, 1971. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
Telegram from U.S. Military Attaché, Bern, Switzerland to U.S. War Department, Number 1261, dated 23 March 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, RG 319, E57.
See 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties (2005), p.243-4, available at http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROH.pdf.
Telegram from U.S. Military Attaché, Bern, Switzerland to U.S. War Department, Number 1422, dated 29 May 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, RG 319, E57.
Internment Data Card of Robert Cardenas, Swiss Federal Archives, Bern, Switzerland, Box E 5791 1988/6.
Modern Marvels: Extreme Aircraft s11-e33, 21-26min. History Channel, August 25, 2004. Retrieved: August 25, 2012.
"National Aviation Hall of Fame reveals names of four to be enshrined in "Class of 2015"". Dayton, Ohio: National Aviation Hall of Fame. December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
References
Derek Horne, "Brigadier General Robert L. 'Bob' Cardenas," Lycos Network Website, available at: http://derekhorne.tripod.com/cardenas.html.
"Brigadier General Robert L. Cardenas". Washington, D.C.: United States Air Force. September 1, 1971. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
Telegram from U.S. Military Attaché, Bern, Switzerland to U.S. War Department, Number 1261, dated 23 March 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, RG 319, E57.
See 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties (2005), p.243-4, available at http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROH.pdf.
Telegram from U.S. Military Attaché, Bern, Switzerland to U.S. War Department, Number 1422, dated 29 May 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD, RG 319, E57.
Internment Data Card of Robert Cardenas, Swiss Federal Archives, Bern, Switzerland, Box E 5791 1988/6.
Modern Marvels: Extreme Aircraft s11-e33, 21-26min. History Channel, August 25, 2004. Retrieved: August 25, 2012.
"National Aviation Hall of Fame reveals names of four to be enshrined in "Class of 2015"". Dayton, Ohio: National Aviation Hall of Fame. December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3407 / MACR 3407, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database