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Robert R Bailey

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Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. There are canvas duffle bags on the ground in front of the men.

UPL 66821 UPL 66821 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/19 July 1944, Hollsriegelskreuth (Industry).
Back L-R: TSgt. Robert Bailey (RO), unidentified 1, unidentified 2, 1st Lt. Robert Mechling (B), Maj. Gordon Stallings (CA/CP).
Front L-R: 2nd Lt. John Giles (N), 1st Lt. Kenneth Ungerman (P), 2nd Lt. Charles Widner (OBS/TG), SSgt. Herbert Stephens (FG).
To Be Identified: TSgt. Roger Schlising (TT), SSgt. Frank Vallone (BT).

The Quentin Bland Collection. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35724/search/8882

546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 8th Air Force 482 42-102933 Grafton Underwood Robert R Bailey Robert Paul Mechling Gordon K Stallings John P Giles Kenneth A Ungerman Charles W Widner Herbert A Stephens Roger E Schlising Frank P Vallone On

Object Number - UPL 66821 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/19 July 1944, Hollsriegelskreuth (Industry). Back L-R: TSgt. Robert Bailey (RO), unidentified 1, unidentified 2, 1st...

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42-37781) nicknamed "Silver Dollar" of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group goes down after losing its tail. Image via Havelaar. Printed caption on reverse: 'Silver Dollar, a Flying Fortress operating from Grafton Underwood, has its complete tail severed during one of the first 8th Air Force raids on Berlin.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin missile, BK-H, Fort goes down.'

546th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97139

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Flak Hopper
Unit: 457th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date3 May 2020 03:23:10

Contributorjmoore43

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Added a connection from #42-97139 to the Radio Operator (Bob Bailey) listed in the A/C "Description".

Date3 May 2020 03:19:25

Contributorjmoore43

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Added service role per info in the Description section for A/C #42-97139.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:01

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

Robert R Bailey: Gallery (2 items)

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. There are canvas duffle bags on the ground in front of the men.

Object number: UPL 66821 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/19 July 1944...

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. There are canvas duffle bags on the ground in front of the men.

Object number: UPL 66834 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/13 July 1944, Munich...