Robert S Parnell

Military
Robert S Parnell Crew UPL 60844 UPL 60844 Robert S Parnell Crew

Official Crew Photo

Object Number - UPL 60844 - Robert S Parnell Crew

Lt. Colonel Parnell and Crew's service was 1943-45.  First missions were from 10/15/44  to 01/10/45. In addition to 'Happy Warrior',  they loved flying Q 'Queenie' 43-38799.  Motto: "Heaven Can Wait". The last 'Queenie' flight was on 1/07/45 (Bitburg).

Parnell flew over 46 missions, was shot down twice, once lost all engines and gas, Parnell also flew as Wing Deputy Lead Aircraft, low and high squadron and group lead,  Deputy Group Lead Aircraft and was awarded many distinguished medals.

In order: (missing a few) Cologne (2), Mannheim, Harburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Bielefeld, Eschweiler, Mersburg (2), Misburg (2), Kassel, Sindelfingen, Frankfurt, Kassel, Kall, Biblis, Coblens, Kaiserlautern, Munchin-Gladbach

From Pilot to Captain to Lt. Colonel and Team Leader, Parnell flew about 15 additional missions from 01/17/45 to 03/21/45 (see operational missions above in photographs).

Eudenbach, Bitburg, Euskirchen, Paderborn, Siegen, Ludwigshafen, Berlin, Lutzendorf, Munster, Nuremburg (2), Plauen, Berlin,  Chemnitz, Essen, Bremen, Jena/Molbis, Hopsten.

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Parnell passed away in 1988.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Gunner
Lt. Colonel Robert S Parnell's Crew, Polebrook, 8th AF, 351st BS, 508th & 511th BG, 1943-1945
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Lt. Colonel Robert S Parnell's Crew, Polebrook, 8th AF, 351st BS, 508th & 511th BG, 1943-1945
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

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A 447th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress mid-flight above the clouds. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron 510th Bomb Squadron 508th Bomb Squadron

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia.

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Also, fav. plane to fly whenever possible was Q-Queenie (before another pilot destroyed Queenie) 

Robert S Parnell: Gallery (7 items)